Thanks Lee, makes a lot of sense. Looks like I've already got non-debugger and debugger versions installed in Chrome, although you can't tell by the label -- they both reference 11.9.900.117, so perhaps there's one install for both debugger and non-debugger versions? (no idea)
When I followed Adobe's standard install for the debugger, it appears to have installed on all browsers in my system. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Burrows" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 3:49:16 PM Subject: Re: newbie on profiling with Scout, Flex, and FP non-debugger and debugger versions re 2, i use debugger player in one browser (IE in my case) and default player in another (chrome). If you use chrome, i think you can install 2 separate version of flash player (enter chrome://plugins/ into chrome to switch between versions) On 22/10/2013 23:37, [email protected] wrote: > Hello, > > I have some places in my app when entering a new state is not very responsive > (a lot of math is computed within a frame and causes the system to display a > spinning wheel while the CPU catches up, lasting about 5 seconds). I want to > try placing some callLater() functions to break up the one long frame into > several smaller frames, to make the app more smoothly transition from one > state to the next. > > I'd like to use Scout to time the execution of various functions to figure > out where to place callLater(). So far, all my development has been on the > debugger version of Flash Player 11.9.900.117 (the current version). > > Some newbie questions: > > 1. My understanding in reading about Scout is that the debugger version is > only required for memory profiling. Thus, I can use the non-debugger version > to get accurate timing information using the techniques discussed here: > > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/scout/articles/adobe-scout-custom-telemetry.html > > (e.g. trace(), Telemetry.sendMetric(), and Telemetry.sendSpanMetric) > > Is that correct? > > 2. What's the best way to switch between debugger and non-debugger flash > player versions? Do I need to uninstall the debugger first, then install the > non-debugger version? Then if I want to go back to the non-debugger version, > do I need to uninstall the non-debugger version, and then install the > debugger version? > > Or, is there really only one install needed, and then somehow in the browser > select a switch that turns the debugger on/off? > > I'm really confused on this because when I right-click on my running app, it > shows I'm using 11.9.900,117, although it doesn't say debugger or not. If I > go to this website: > > http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/find-version-flash-player.html > > it does indeed show "Debug Player: Yes". However, when I search google to > install non-debugger Flash Player, it brings me to > > http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ > > which says it will install version 11.9.900.117 -- which is what I already > have installed, right !? So, there must be something I'm missing. How do I > install the non-debugger Flash Player? > > > -- Lee Burrows ActionScripter
