Now I feel a bit silly for building that little RemoteTrace tool, but I’m glad I didnt spend too much time on it. I recently discovered the Flash Player 9 debug version.

This firefox entension uses the debug flash player to allow you to see your traces in a panel in firefox! This came way too late in my opinion, but I’m really happy its here!

Enjoy!

This has to be the most simple, yet useful tool I have created in a long time.

It is called RemoteTrace, and I dont really know why I didnt create it earlier. Right now, as you can see below in the demo, it is a very simple tool, and there is only one use for it right now: Seeing your traces in an external movie!

Here is a preview:

Download RemoteTrace 1.0

Simple use guide:

1. Place an instance of the RemoteTrace on the stage and give it an instance name of anything, rt_mc for example.
2. Then add the following code:
   PLAIN TEXT
   Actionscript:

   1. rt_mc.trace("Foo Bar", true);

   The second parameter (Boolean), determines whether you want your traces to be numbered, defaults to false.

3. Publish your movie!

I plan on integrating a simple AS 2.0 interpreter for an even further debugging. I have seen some around but most are pretty much out dated. So lets see how that goes.

Oh, and; I am anxious to know what you all might think about it! Let me know!