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trace() not working in Flash Builder?

October 14, 2010 – 1:29 pm

Tip for the day: If trace() is not working in Flash Builder debug mode, try quitting Flash Builder and all browsers and delete the mm.cfg file. For some reason this fixed the issue for me… Posted via email from micro-plains share:ShareFacebookDiggStumbleUpon

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Translate Mac line endings to Unix for grep

October 13, 2010 – 6:08 pm

Today I was attempting to run a grep search on all the *.as files in the project code I am working with. The code in places is both old and new and has been edited in a variety of editors, from the Flash IDE, to TextMate, to Flash Builder, to who knows how else. The [...]

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ExternalInterface.available and Security Errors

October 7, 2010 – 9:43 am

Something I suppose I had never really tested thoroughly before having not had to deal too much with random application embeds in the wild is the issue with ExternalInterface.available not quite doing what you might expect. According to Adobe documentation, this property Indicates whether this player is in a container that offers an external interface. [...]

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