关于FLASH player DEBUGGER LOGGER 输出的一个问题

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在C:\Documents and Settings\a501279\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs 下的flashlog.txt 无法输出

GOOLE了一下，国外朋友的发现如下：

解决方法：

把mm.cfg放在%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%下， echo %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH% W：, 所以把mm.cfg 放在W: ,结果成功解决问题。

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Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging

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Configuration:

Windows XP SP3 x86
FlashDevelop IDE 3.2.1

Flex SDK 3.5.0.12683
Browsers: Firefox 3.6.4 (with Firebug and Flashbug) and IE8
Flash Player Debugger 10.1.53.64

Issue Overview:

Since upgrading from the debug player 10.0.45.2 to the latest 10.1.53.64, I've found that my trace statements are no long written to flashlog.txt from either Firefox or IE. No logs are written, which is a pretty big deal during development.

Consider that it does affect the players in both browsers. I do have mm.cfg configured correctly as per the KB instructions (no change was required, although I did experiment). I am indeed compiling in debug mode. It's not a Flashbug issue as flashlog.txt
never gets updated.

Research:

I wasn't able to find much of anything in my searching. There was maybe one blog post with comments suggesting a similar issue with a 10.1RC, but didn't offer up any solutions (I hadn't been developing with the RCs). Also, I couldn't find a relevant entry
in the Flash Player bug tracker.

Workaround?

For the time being, I am forced to revert back to 10.0.45.2 which worked immediately. Has anyone else experienced this issue?

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pauland

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Jun 24, 2010 5:25 AM (in response to rootsounds)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


I'm running that same version of the player and FlashBug/Firebug are working fine.

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Jun 24, 2010 5:40 AM (in response to pauland)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


I expect this was a sweeping 10.1 fail, the dev community would have been screaming bloody murder from the first pre-releases.

As far as I can tell, the only change is the updated debug player. I did just update to XP SP3, but the former player works fine under it. I've run through the KB instructions to enable logging, but was already good to go. Maybe there's something minor that
I'm missing or something that 10.0 tolerated that 10.1 is not so kind with.

For the sake of completeness, here's my mm.cfg contents:

ErrorReportingEnable=0 # Enables the logging of error messages. 0/1

TraceOutputFileEnable=1 # Enables trace logging. 0/1

MaxWarnings=100 # Sets the number of warnings to log before stopping.

#flashlog - undocumented

TraceOutputBuffered=0 # Traces will be buffered and write to disk multiple lines in one access

AS3Verbose=0 # Traces detailed information about SWF ByteCode structure and Runtime parsing of the bytecode

AS3Trace=0 # Trace every single call to any function that is being called in the SWF at runtime

AS3StaticProfile=0 # Enables Just in Time Compiler (NanoJIT) logs.

AS3DynamicProfile=0 # Shows dynamic information about the opcodes being called and gives statistic for each. The statistics include count, cycles, %count, %times and CPI

#policyfiles

PolicyFileLog=0 # Enables policy file logging

PolicyFileLogAppend=0 # Optional; do not clear log at startup

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Jun 24, 2010 10:56 AM (in response to rootsounds)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Are you sure you installed a debugger version of 10.1?

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Jun 24, 2010 11:06 AM (in response to Flex harUI)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Yep. Definitely the debugger versions which I tried in both browsers. Flashbug recognized it and it has the expected menu item.

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Jun 28, 2010 5:44 AM (in response to rootsounds)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Still stumped on this. I'm configured correctly (as far as I can tell). A known issue is that you can't debug while an AIR app is running because it holds a lock on the log file for some reason. This doesn't apply to my situation though.

Works perfectly fine whenever I revert back to 10.0.x. I would like to actually be able to debug in the current build. That and benefit from the latest round of security fixes.

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Jun 28, 2010 5:58 AM (in response to rootsounds)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


I am on Windows XP Service Pack 3

My flashlog.txt is located at

"c:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs\flashlog.txt"

Under 10.1.51.66 Debug player "flashlog.txt" is filled with warnings due to https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-4615
Warning: 'StageVideo' has no property 'prototype'

Warning: 'AsBroadcaster' has no property 'addListener'

Warning: 'AsBroadcaster' has no property 'removeListener'

Under 10.1.53.64 Debug Player those warnings are gone (hurray) and flashtlog.txt file is correctly recreated every time.

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Jun 29, 2010 6:44 AM (in response to rootsounds)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


I also have the same issue, so i can confirm its not an isolated problem.

The only difference is that i'm running Windows 7.

Any ideas on this would be much appreciated.

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Jul 27, 2010 2:33 AM (in response to jdeeman)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Same problem, my flashlog.txt is never fill... I don't understand why...

With flashplayer 10.0.x : it's OK.

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Jul 27, 2010 3:50 PM (in response to rootsounds)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


I don't have the answer, but I think that there is now someone besides the AIR Runtime that is leaving the file locked. I think if you try to clear the Trace file out of Firebug you have a pretty good chance of getting a #3013 error. In my test environment,
I can clear that by re-starting Firefox -- annoying, but at least it lets me get back to testing.

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Jul 28, 2010 5:08 AM (in response to tcorbet)

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There is no lock reported on the Trace log file.

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Jul 28, 2010 8:41 AM (in response to rootsounds)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Does the Flash Builder console work?

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Jul 28, 2010 8:43 AM (in response to Flex harUI)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


I don't have Flash Builder (see the first post).

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Aug 3, 2010 11:39 PM (in response to rootsounds)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


I am on OS X and have the same problem with Chrome and Firefox. FP 10.1.53.64.

I went so far as to remove the Macromedia folder and reinstall FP 10.1 Debugger and no difference.

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Aug 4, 2010 3:28 PM (in response to Eric Fickes)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


I'm also failing to get trace output in flashlog.txt. I have the following statements in mm.cfg:

ErrorReportingEnable=1

TraceOutputFileEnable=1

but I get no trace output.

Curiously, flashlog.txt was modified earlier today, apparently by Photoshop; here's the entire contents of the file:

Load Bundle at C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS5 (64 Bit)\Plug-ins\Extensions **********Running app: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS5 (64 Bit)\Plug-ins\Extensions\ScriptUIFlexServer-app.xml ScriptUI is ready. Host logging disabled Debug
tracing disabled Finished loading style definitions

But debugging in Flash Builder with the debug Flash Player V10.1.53.64 produces no trace output in the file.

Windows 7 x64

Firefox 3.6.8

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Aug 4, 2010 10:19 PM (in response to DavidSalahi)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Have been researching this some more. Also, don't get any logging of trace statements from Flash Pro CS5. Furthermore, no logging of trace statements in Flashbug (for Firebug) nor in De MonsterDebugger although the MonsterDebugger does connect to the running
SWF. No logging from the ActiveX version of the debug player in IE either.

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Aug 4, 2010 10:42 PM (in response to DavidSalahi)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


I haven't tried Flash CS5, but I was seeing trace() statements in Flash

Builder.

-EF

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Aug 5, 2010 5:31 PM (in response to rootsounds)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Just Close PS, i wrote an semi indept blog post about this

http://ihaveinternet.com/2010/08/05/scriptuiflexserver-and-flashlog-tx t/

And the Bug

https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-5176

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Aug 5, 2010 5:47 PM (in response to Keyston)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Wow, thanks a million for the tip! That was the problem. Exiting Photoshop gets my flashlog.txt logging back along with trace output in Flashbug.

Thanks again,

Dave

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Aug 6, 2010 2:17 AM (in response to Keyston)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Hi

Thanks for the tip, but it don't work for me, my flashlog.txt isn't locked by any process (I have checked with Process Explorer).

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Aug 6, 2010 11:22 AM (in response to amshagar)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Additional info from someone on the player team:

I tried TraceLogging and it is working for me just fine on WinXP SP3 for

both IE an FF.

The user mentions that he upgraded to SP3...is it possible he needs to reset

his HOMEPATH environment variable?

%HOMEDRIVE% %HOMEPATH%

(type, e.g., echo %HOMEPATH% at a command prompt)

Regarding the Win 7 user, the path to the log file has changed since the OS

changed and I believe it is now located in the SysWow or SysWow32 or

something like that. Sorry don't have a Win 7 machine at this time to locate

exactly. Also on Win Vista the path is different from XP

Vista: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs

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Aug 6, 2010 11:55 AM (in response to Flex harUI)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


FYI, the path on Windows 7 is:

C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs\flashlog.txt

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Aug 6, 2010 12:10 PM (in response to Keyston)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


I wish this tip worked for me as well. I have nothing open on OS X except

my browser, or Flash Pro, and still no flashlog.txt. I've even deleted the

Flash Player folder from /Users/me/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/. After

restarting my browser, FP recreates all the folders, but never writes a log.

Can somebody verify this mm.cfg for me? I've tried these two version with

no luck

mm.cfg 1

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Aug 6, 2010 12:22 PM (in response to Eric Fickes)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Your mm.cfg should contain these two lines:

ErrorReportingEnable=1

TraceOutputFileEnable=1

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Aug 6, 2010 12:28 PM (in response to DavidSalahi)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


My CFG file does contain those two lines. Are you suggesting I don't need

the TraceOutputFileName entry?

-EF

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Aug 6, 2010 12:40 PM (in response to Eric Fickes)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


EF,

Yes, in the current version of Flash Player the filename is always flashlog.txt. The filename entry in mm.cfg is ignored. As far as I know, it shouldn't cause a problem, though.

Dave

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Aug 11, 2010 4:43 AM (in response to rootsounds)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Just like to add that I have the same problem. Getting no traces from Flash Player 10.1 in MSIE 8. Had to revert to 10.0 to fix the problem.

My application is a mix of Flash 8 swf's and Flex 3 swf's. Debugging in Flash Builder works fine and i get traces from the Flex code (not that i really need them). But the Flash 8 swf's don't show any traces. By the way I'm using Service Capture to display
the traces.

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Aug 11, 2010 6:07 AM (in response to Flex harUI)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Flex harUI wrote:

Additional info from someone on the player team:

I tried TraceLogging and it is working for me just fine on WinXP SP3 for

both IE an FF.

The user mentions that he upgraded to SP3...is it possible he needs to reset

his HOMEPATH environment variable?

%HOMEDRIVE% %HOMEPATH%

(type, e.g., echo %HOMEPATH% at a command prompt)

Regarding the Win 7 user, the path to the log file has changed since the OS

changed and I believe it is now located in the SysWow or SysWow32 or

something like that. Sorry don't have a Win 7 machine at this time to locate

exactly. Also on Win Vista the path is different from XP

Vista: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs

My HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH variables have indeed been messed with (thank you IT!). I've tried changing them to "C:" and "\Documents and Settings\<user> respectively in the command line using
set. The changes register there, but still no logging. Not sure if maybe IT's environment variable settings stick behind the scenes in a fun, unintuitive way. Their values of course get reinstated on login.

The LiveDocs report that for XP log files are placed in: C:\Documents and Settings\username

whereas 95/98/ME places them in: %HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH

This perhaps suggests that there could be some different logic going on in XP which obviously changed with 10.1.

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Aug 11, 2010 6:17 AM (in response to rootsounds)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


FYI - Just noticed that 10.1.82.76 has been released. Gave it a try and logging still doesn't work. Not a huge surprise, but it was worth a shot!

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Aug 11, 2010 10:11 AM (in response to rootsounds)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Yup same here. Upgraded to 10.1.8 and still no logging on OS X. Haven't

tried PC yet.

BTW, Chrome wasn't updated but Firefox was. Is there a Chrome player update

somewhere?

-EF

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Aug 11, 2010 11:19 AM (in response to Eric Fickes)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Did you try going to the Adobe site from Chrome?

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Aug 11, 2010 11:21 AM (in response to rootsounds)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Set from the commandline only affects apps running from the commandline.

Control Panel/System/Environment Variables controls what other apps see.

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Aug 11, 2010 12:29 PM (in response to Flex harUI)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Yes, I've tried every Adobe url I can find and they ALL say I'm running the

latest FP for Chrome. I know this isn't an auto update which is why I

downloaded 10.1.8 from the Flash Download center.

Any other ideas?

-EF

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Aug 16, 2010 10:32 AM (in response to Flex harUI)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Hey guys,

Logging is working on my OS X box again, but only in Firefox, not Chrome.

Unsure if all the recent updates fixed it, or if reading this is what

helped.

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=logging_04.htm l

Here's what I learned, but unsure if it helped.

- Flash player looks for mm.cfg in the user's home directory first (

/Users/yourusername/ ), and then /Library/Appliations Support/Macromedia/

I was previously messing with mm.cfg in

/Users/username/Library/Preferences/Macromedia

- The path to flashlog.txt is now HARD CODED, and not configurable. If you

are on OS X, you should find your flashlog.txt file

at /Users/username/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/logs.

So for any OS X-ers have this problem, here's my setup.

- /Users/ericfickes/mm.cfg

ErrorReportingEnable=1

TraceOutputFileEnable=1

- My log file appears at

/Users/ericfickes/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/Logs

Hope this helps.

Eric Fickes = Independent Internet Contractor

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Aug 17, 2010 8:08 AM (in response to Flex harUI)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


Flex harUI wrote:

Additional info from someone on the player team:

I tried TraceLogging and it is working for me just fine on WinXP SP3 for

both IE an FF.

The user mentions that he upgraded to SP3...is it possible he needs to reset

his HOMEPATH environment variable?

%HOMEDRIVE% %HOMEPATH%

(type, e.g., echo %HOMEPATH% at a command prompt)

Regarding the Win 7 user, the path to the log file has changed since the OS

changed and I believe it is now located in the SysWow or SysWow32 or

something like that. Sorry don't have a Win 7 machine at this time to locate

exactly. Also on Win Vista the path is different from XP

Vista: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs

Still no luck. Corporate policy dictates those environment variables.

However, note that the above contradicts the information documented here which says that the path is hard-coded:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flex/using/WSda78ed3a750d6b8f-4867184d1239 f9d0558-8000.html

In 10.0 it must have been hard-coded, but obviously something changed in 10.1 and this isn't documented.

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Aug 17, 2010 2:48 PM (in response to rootsounds)

Re: Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging


After being unable to get logging working since upgrading to 10.1, I fired up Sysinternals File Monitor and noticed that Flash Player is now looking for the mm.cfg file at %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\mm.cfg (IT remapped) for Win XP instead of C:\Documents and
Settings\username\mm.cfg as it did in 10.0 and as the docs say. The flashlog.txt still goes in C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs though.

Not sure if this is a bug or a "feature" but it's annoying regardless.

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Aug 18, 2010 5:00 AM (in response to phil_thomas)

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phil_thomas wrote:

After being unable to get logging working since upgrading to 10.1, I fired up Sysinternals File Monitor and noticed that Flash Player is now looking for the mm.cfg file at %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\mm.cfg (IT remapped) for Win XP instead of C:\Documents and
Settings\username\mm.cfg as it did in 10.0 and as the docs say. The flashlog.txt still goes in C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs though.

Not sure if this is a bug or a "feature" but it's annoying regardless.

This appears to definitely be the case. I managed to get IT to change my HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH mappings and it did the trick to get logging to work with 10.1. Considering that it's not documented and not at all configurable, I would classify this as a bug.
It makes the debug player pretty much useless, so it should probably be addressed.

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Aug 18, 2010 10:54 AM (in response to rootsounds)

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Please open a bug with your findings.

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Aug 21, 2010 6:34 AM (in response to Flex harUI)

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Thanks for the solution, i've put mm.cfg in my folder "%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%", and now logging works fine.

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Oct 28, 2010 10:09 PM (in response to amshagar)

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Tore my head apart on this one.. tried several permutations and combinations.The homepath/homedrive solution worked.

With version flash plugin 10,1,53,64 installed i got the log file to show up - My %HOMEDRIVE% was H: and my HOMEPATH was / - so i put mm.cfg in H:/ (i.e H:/mm.cfg is the complete path to the file) with the two lines

ErrorReportingEnable = 1

TraceOutputFileEnable = 1

and ran a swf (that had trace stmts) in a browser (IE) - The log file flashlogs.txt was created @ C:\Users\fred\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs