Help. Trace output dialog to textfield.

I’m trying to set up a client debugger (rather than have them install the flash debug player), and instead have any errors trace out to a textfield. Anyone know the best way to do this in AS3 ?

EDIT :

Now i see that marc wanted to trace errors It’s late

import com.golle.debug.*
......
......
addChild(new AlertPanel())
.........
........
//use this instead of trace
AlertPanel.alert("something")

alert("something")

loaderInfo.uncaughtErrorEvents.addEventListener(UncaughtErrorEvent.UNCAUGHT_ERROR, handleUncaughtErrors);

function handleUncaughtErrors(e:UncaughtErrorEvent):void{
    e.preventDefault();
    trace("BOO! ... ",e.error);
}

addChild(null);

Just change the trace to add lines of text to your textField

(and remove the “addChild(null)” .. that is just to demo functionality, of course )

Actually you only need preventDefault() if the client is using a Debug Player and you don’t want the run time error popped up as usual …it’s best not to use at all because it can screw up your development effort; if you leave it enabled you won’t see any run time errors in the Output Panel of the Flash IDE either!

And by the way … I find anyone using UncaughtErrorEvent.preventDefault() in Activeden submissions to prevent runtime errors showing up in the debug player it will be an automatic rejection

theflyingtinman said

loaderInfo.uncaughtErrorEvents.addEventListener(UncaughtErrorEvent.UNCAUGHT_ERROR, handleUncaughtErrors);

function handleUncaughtErrors(e:UncaughtErrorEvent):void{
    e.preventDefault();
    trace("BOO! ... ",e.error);
}

addChild(null);

Just change the trace to add lines of text to your textField

EDIT :

Now i see that marc wanted to trace errors It’s late

ParkerAndKent said
Now i see that marc wanted to trace errors It’s late

Oh, now I saw that too, sorry. Btw, uncaughtErrorEvents is available on fp 10.1 and later.

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