I can no longer trace Output in Flash. Please Help!

[emil emil]

Hi, I'm learning Flash and Action Script 3 but I'm stuck with a problem.

The Output panel stopped tracing my scripts. For example the Output panel will not display anything after I type trace("this"); in the Actions window and press Shift + Enter. I'm not sure what's the cause but this started after I tried to use Debug Movie for the first time.The Output panel still shows errors though but no tracing.

Restarting Flash and the Computer didn't help. I tried deleting the user files. I'm using Vista and I decided that Flash by default stores the user files in C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Adobe\Flash CS4. I removed the Flash CS4 folder there hoping that restarting with a fresh settings will fix the problem. Unfortunately it didn't. And I'm not sure it this is where Flash stores the user files because after what I thought will be fresh restart, Flash still remembers which were my most resent files in its Welcome window. At the moment I don't have any other ideas but to reinstall Flash.

I would greatly appreciate any help with this.

[kglad · Accepted solution]

in your output panel click the upper right, mouse over filter level and make sure verbose is ticked.  then click file/publish settings/flash and make sure "omit trace actions" is unticked.

[emil emil]

thank you kglad,

Now I remember that I played with that without understanding what it is. Now I know very well

Anyway I still would like to know where Flash stores the user settings files, in case I mess with other things in the future with my learning experiments.

I will read the entire manual but meanwhile I like to play with things and when stuck with something like that I rather delete the user settings files instead of bothering people here with my stupid problems.

Will apprecate any tip about that

Thanks

[kglad]

you're welcome.

scroll to the bottom of the following link and see if that has the info you want:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Flash/10.0_UsingFlash/WS3e7c64e37a1d85e1e229110db38dec34-7fa4a.html#WSd60f23110762d6b883b18f10cb1fe1af6-7be7a

[emil emil]

Thanks for the quick replay kglad,

hmmm, the manual doesn't mention any additional files that I didn't already delete. I even tried it again this time going not only through my account but all other accounts like Default, Guest, Public, etc and deleted everything Flash related but after I opend Flash it is still not reverting to default settings. It keeps my changes and the welcome window still knows what are my most recently opened Flash files.

Flash is the first program on my computer that keeps user altered settings after deleting the user files at these locations.

[kglad]

some of those settings (like the location of the last saved file) may be registry settings (if you're using windows).

but, if you click edit, the bottom-most panel has a few categories (each with many settings) that can be used to customize your flash.  also clicking window/workspace allows you to customize the programming environment.