I'm not sure how to do that. But consider this: When the flex tool chain creates a SWF in release mode, it cleans out trace statements, so whatever is spitting a trace has debug code in it. The swfdump decompiler will certainly show you what SWFs have debug code in it.
Then, I generally use divide and conquer by placing breakpoints and seeing if the flashlog.txt has the trace in it. But once you get to a "reasonable" boundary around the area, you can also use the poorly documented flash.trace.Trace to dump all function calls leading up to the trace statement. On 1/23/13 9:48 AM, "Gordon Smith" <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it possible to monkey-patch trace() to substitute your own version, and set > a breakpoint in it? > > - Gordon > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Montoya [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: AW: tracking down where "[trace] null" statements are comming > from? > > Hey Chris, > > This may be a long shot, but how about using a an swf decompiler? I remember > ising Trillix awhile back and was very impressed by the amount of detail > provided in the diagnostics - It may pinpoint the source of your trace > statement... > > Cheers! > > On Jan 23, 2013, at 11:46 AM, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Omar, >> >> thanks for that input ... I knew that "trace" is a Flash function. I >> was simply hoping for some guru here to give me a hint to the >> "ultimate way to debug this" ;-) As it would help quite a lot ... >> especially when having AMF serialization/deserialization problems (The >> other type of problems that seem to be really hard to debug) >> >> Chris >> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: Omar Gonzalez [mailto:[email protected]] >> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 23. Januar 2013 11:00 >> An: [email protected] >> Betreff: Re: tracking down where "[trace] null" statements are comming from? >> >> On Wednesday, January 23, 2013, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Unfortunately I can't set a breakpoint to the "trace" function ... >>> perhaps it would be good if in future versions of flex there would be >>> the means to somehow do this. >>> >>> Chris >> >> The trace() function is not a method from Flex it comes from Flash player. >> There really isn't anything that can be done at the Flex level. >> >> I would try to get source code for your 3rd party libraries and search for >> trace statements. If the source isn't available then you're probably out of >> luck. Or you can try a decompiler. >> >> Also, I don't know enough about Adobe Scout but maybe that could help you >> narrow it down. >> >> -omar -- Alex Harui Flex SDK Team Adobe Systems, Inc. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
