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Trace Not Working in Flash CS6, Actionscript 3

I recently upgraded to Flash CS6, and now my trace statements in Actionscript 3 are not writing to the output window.

If I create a simple document with this Actionscript...

trace("test!");

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...I get no results in the output window. I don't know why this is happening. Is this a bug?

And I have researched this, and I can tell you this:

1. I'm just publishing locally and this is still happening.
2. I'm publish previewing to Flash, not HTML
3. In the publish settings tab, "omit trace actions" is unchecked
4. In the Output panel, I have tried all options for filter (from nothing to "none" to verbose)

I'm pretty sure it was working, and then stopped.

Any thoughts?

quizengine

I think sometimes software gets 'confused' about toggle settings like 'omit trace actions' in publish settings. It's unticked in the dialog box but maybe 'inside' the settings it's actually ticked?

I know that sounds daft but here's what I would try in your place.

1. Tick the 'omit trace actions' in Publish settings
2. Save your file and quit Flash
3. Launch Flash and open your file again
4. de-tick the 'omit trace actions'
5. Run the file and see if your trace statements come alive again

I know this probably won't work, but at least it's a quick thing to try.

If this doesn't fix the problem, next I would create a new fla, and put a trace statement in, and test to see if it works. If it does, one thing that might work is to copy all of your content from the original fla, paste it into the new fla and try that.

Good luck.

caf210

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Thanks for the input. I tried this, but it wasn't the issue. Thanks!

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quizengine

here's another idea - showing trace statements using the Firefox browser

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/864155/see-trace-of-flash-when-running-in-browser

caf210

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"Please state your reason for accepting your own comment as the solution?" Because that's what the issue was, and no one else said it here. :)