Random Coolness
May 1st, 2008
I use the Flash Debug Player and have set it up to output all traces out to the console on the mac to help with all my debugging. This is great to see traces outside of the Flash IDE without the need of any extra software or custom built solution. I tend to leave it open a lot and when I visit other Flash sites I wind up seeing any traces that had not been removed. Well this morning while I was just surfing the web I went back to my console and saw this:
Showplayer initializing…
__—__
_- _–______
__–( / \)XXXXXXXXXXXXX_
–XXX( O O )XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-
/XXX( U ) XXXXXXX\
/XXXXX( )–_ XXXXXXXXXXX\
/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \_ \XXXX—-
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \_—- -
—___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \_ —
– –__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___—=
-_ ___/ XXXXXX ‘— XXXXXX
–\XXX\XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXX /XXXXX/
\XXXXX _/XXXXX/
\XXXX–__/ __– XXXX/
–XXXXXXX————— XXXXX–
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-
–XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-
render 115
__—__
_- _–______
__–( / \)XXXXXXXXXXXXX_
–XXX( O O )XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-
/XXX( U ) XXXXXXX\
/XXXXX( )–_ XXXXXXXXXXX\
/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \_ \XXXX—-
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \_—- -
—___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \_ —
– –__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___—=
-_ ___/ XXXXXX ‘— XXXXXX
–\XXX\XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXX /XXXXX/
\XXXXX _/XXXXX/
\XXXX–__/ __– XXXX/
–XXXXXXX————— XXXXX–
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-
–XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-
render 115
Unfortunately I don’t remember what I was looking at but who ever the developer that added this into the traces is my hero! Got me thinking of how to keep traces in some of my apps to add notes to other developers as a running joke. Anyone else do stuff like this?
May 1st, 2008 at 10:51 am
I had no idea that was possible. Any reference material available for setting that up?
May 1st, 2008 at 11:28 am
Answered my own question. Cool!
May 1st, 2008 at 12:02 pm
I will put together a tutorial on it over the weekend.
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:39 pm
The Flash Tracer plugin for firefox is nice as well. It reads from a log file on your computer, which as a matter of fact everyone who has the debugger version of Flash has access to.
However to see it at the console would certainly be handy. Truthfully Flash Tracer is a big memory hog.
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:43 pm
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