Specifications

229ADOBE FLEX 3
Building and Deploying Adobe Flex 3 Applications
The debugger version of Flash Player lets you take advantage of the client-side logging utilities such as the
trace() method and the logging API. You are not required to run the debugger version of Flash Player to log
compiler and web-tier messages because these logging mechanisms do not require a player.
Note: ADL logs trace() output from AIR applications, based on the setting in mm.cfg (the same setting used by the
debug version of Flash Player).”
In nearly all respects, the debugger version of Flash Player appears to be the same as the standard version of Flash
Player. To determine whether or not you are running the debugger version of Flash Player, use the instructions in
“Determining Flash Player version in Flex” on page 231.
The debugger version of Flash Player comes in ActiveX, Plug-in, and stand-alone versions for Microsoft Internet
Explorer, Netscape-based browsers, and desktop applications, respectively. You can find the debugger version of
Flash Player installers in the following locations:
• Flex Builder: install_dir/Player/os_version
• Flex SDK: install_dir/runtimes/player/os_version/
Uninstall your current Flash Player before you install the debugger version of Flash Player. For information on
installing the debugger version of Flash Player, see the Flex installation instructions.
You can enable or disable trace logging and perform other configuration tasks for the debugger version of Flash
Player. For more information, see “Configuring the debugger version of Flash Player” on page 229.
Configuring the debugger version of Flash Player
You use the settings in the mm.cfg text file to configure the debugger version of Flash Player. These settings also
affect logging of
trace() output in AIR applications running in the ADL debugger. If this file does not exist, you
can create it when you first configure the debugger version of Flash Player. The location of this file depends on
your operating system.
The following table shows where to create the mm.cfg file for several operating systems:
Operating system Create file in …
Macintosh OS X
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia
Windows 95/98/ME
%HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%
Windows 2000/XP
C:\Documents and Settings\username
Windows Vista
C:\Users\username
Linux
/home/username