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Flash 10.1.53.64 - no flashlog.txt logging

Jun 24, 2010 4:17 AM

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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1. pauland,

Jun 24, 2010 4:25 AM in reply to rootsounds

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

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2. rootsounds,

Jun 24, 2010 4:40 AM in reply to pauland

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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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3. Flex harUI,

Jun 24, 2010 9:56 AM in reply to rootsounds

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Are you sure you installed a debugger version of 10.1?

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4. rootsounds,

Jun 24, 2010 10:06 AM in reply to Flex harUI

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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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5. rootsounds,

Jun 28, 2010 4:44 AM in reply to rootsounds

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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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6. JabbyPandaUA,

Jun 28, 2010 4:58 AM in reply to rootsounds

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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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7. jdeeman,

Jun 29, 2010 5:44 AM in reply to rootsounds

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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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8. amshagar,

Jul 27, 2010 1:33 AM in reply to jdeeman

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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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9. tcorbet,

Jul 27, 2010 2:50 PM in reply to rootsounds

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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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10. rootsounds,

Jul 28, 2010 4:08 AM in reply to tcorbet

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There is no lock reported on the Trace log file.

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11. Flex harUI,

Jul 28, 2010 7:41 AM in reply to rootsounds

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Does the Flash Builder console work?

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12. rootsounds,

Jul 28, 2010 7:43 AM in reply to Flex harUI

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

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13. Eric Fickes,

Aug 3, 2010 10:39 PM in reply to rootsounds

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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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14. DavidSalahi,

Aug 4, 2010 2:28 PM in reply to Eric Fickes

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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

David Salahi

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15. DavidSalahi,

Aug 4, 2010 9:19 PM in reply to DavidSalahi

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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.

David Salahi

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16. Eric Fickes,

Aug 4, 2010 9:42 PM in reply to DavidSalahi

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

-EF

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17. Keyston,

Aug 5, 2010 4:31 PM in reply to rootsounds

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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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18. DavidSalahi,

Aug 5, 2010 4:47 PM in reply to Keyston

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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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19. amshagar,

Aug 6, 2010 1:17 AM in reply to Keyston

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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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20. Flex harUI,

Aug 6, 2010 10:22 AM in reply to amshagar

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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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21. DavidSalahi,

Aug 6, 2010 10:55 AM in reply to Flex harUI

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FYI, the path on Windows 7 is:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs\flashlog.txt

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22. Eric Fickes,

Aug 6, 2010 11:10 AM in reply to Keyston

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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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23. DavidSalahi,

Aug 6, 2010 11:22 AM in reply to Eric Fickes

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Your mm.cfg should contain these two lines:
ErrorReportingEnable=1
TraceOutputFileEnable=1

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24. Eric Fickes,

Aug 6, 2010 11:28 AM in reply to DavidSalahi

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

-EF

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25. DavidSalahi,

Aug 6, 2010 11:40 AM in reply to Eric Fickes

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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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26. CharSkin,

Aug 11, 2010 3:43 AM in reply to rootsounds

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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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27. rootsounds,

Aug 11, 2010 5:07 AM in reply to Flex harUI

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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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28. rootsounds,

Aug 11, 2010 5:17 AM in reply to rootsounds

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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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29. Eric Fickes,

Aug 11, 2010 9:11 AM in reply to rootsounds

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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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30. Flex harUI,

Aug 11, 2010 10:19 AM in reply to Eric Fickes

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Did you try going to the Adobe site from Chrome?

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31. Flex harUI,

Aug 11, 2010 10:21 AM in reply to rootsounds

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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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32. Eric Fickes,

Aug 11, 2010 11:29 AM in reply to Flex harUI

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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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33. Eric Fickes,

Aug 16, 2010 9:32 AM in reply to Flex harUI

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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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34. rootsounds,

Aug 17, 2010 7:08 AM in reply to Flex harUI

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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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35. phil_thomas,

Aug 17, 2010 1:48 PM in reply to rootsounds

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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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36. rootsounds,

Aug 18, 2010 4:00 AM in reply 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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37. Flex harUI,

Aug 18, 2010 9:54 AM in reply to rootsounds

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Please open a bug with your findings.

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38. amshagar,

Aug 21, 2010 5:34 AM in reply 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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39. nanunh,

Oct 28, 2010 9:09 PM in reply 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

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