Logging Flash
You can get additional information out of your Flash® client by using a debug version of the library or of Flash Player.
Debug version of the Diffusion™ Flash client
Diffusion also provides a debug-friendly version of the Flash client libraries: diffusion-flex-debug-version.swc, where version is the Diffusion version number, for example 5.9.4. You can use this to output additional debug information, such as line numbers, in any stack traces that you experience.
Debug version of Flash Player
- Download the debug version for the Flash Player. Flash player debug versions are available at the following location: http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html
- Create a mm.cfg file
The table below shows where to create a mm.cfg file
The following text is an example of entries in a mm.cfg file.
# Enables policy file logging PolicyFileLog=1 # Optional; do not clear log at startup PolicyFileLogAppend=0 ErrorReportingEnable=1 TraceOutputFileEnable=1
Viewing the log files
In the following directory there can be the following files: flashlog.txt and policyfiles.txt
Windows™ 95/98/ME | %HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH% |
Windows 2000/XP | C:\Documents and Settings\username |
Windows Vista | C:\Users\username |
OS X®/macOS® | /Library/Application Support/Macromedia |
Linux™ | /home/username |
Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP | C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs |
Windows Vista | C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs |
OS X/macOS | /Users/username/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/Logs |
Linux | home/username/Macromedia/Flash_Player/Logs |