Debugging AS3 under eclipse 3.4 / Flex builder 3.0.2

[flex-puzzler]

Hello

I use Flex for a short time, use a bit pushed to my client for a solution-oriented monitoring.

Background:

Platform:

• Windows XP
• Eclipse 3.4 Ganymede
• Flex Builder 3.0.2 Licenced
• JDK 1.6_20
• Firefox 3.6
• Flash Player 9 (Debug version)
• Server: OSGI (Eclipse equinox) an instance of jetty service allows HTTP requests

Requirements:
Make debugger in ActionScript by putting "BreakPoint" to assess the contents of variables.

Problem:
The code does not stop at breakpoint, worse, if a breakpoint is enabled, the module flex does not start.

Actions:

• Reinstall all the dev environment (Eclipse, Flex Builder, Flash Player): KO
• Removing repo maven modules and complete rebuilds: KO
• Restarting Windows: °) KO

Logs:
this is what the log contains just after launching the platform (modules) in debug mode.

java.lang.NullPointerException
Has com.adobe.flexbuilder.debug.breakpoints.FlexLineBreakpoint.findSourceFiles (FlexLineBreakpoint.java: 388)
Has com.adobe.flexbuilder.debug.breakpoints.FlexLineBreakpoint.instantiate (FlexLineBreakpoint.java: 442)
Has com.adobe.flexbuilder.debug.model.FlexDebugTarget.breakpointAdded (FlexDebugTarget.java: 981)
Has com.adobe.flexbuilder.debug.model.FlexDebugTarget $ FdbThread.installDeferredBreakpoints (FlexDebugTarget.java: 631)
Has com.adobe.flexbuilder.debug.model.FlexDebugTarget $ FdbThread.advanceStateMachine (FlexDebugTarget.java: 662)
Has com.adobe.flexbuilder.debug.model.FlexDebugTarget FdbThread.access $ $ 6 (FlexDebugTarget.java: 636)
Has com.adobe.flexbuilder.debug.model.FlexDebugTarget $ 1.run (FlexDebugTarget.java: 738)
Has org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run (SafeRunner.java: 37)
Has org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform.run (Platform.java: 880)
Has com.adobe.flexbuilder.debug.model.FlexDebugTarget $ FdbThread.eventLoop (FlexDebugTarget.java: 718)
Has com.adobe.flexbuilder.debug.model.FlexDebugTarget $ FdbThread.run (FlexDebugTarget.java: 779)
at java.lang.Thread.run (Thread.java: 619)

[Anirudh Sasikumar]

Can you ensure that the SWF your are debugging is a release SWF?

I've recently fixed a bug (which is not publicly available) where the same stacktrace was visible:

A release SWF loads a debug SWF via SWFLoader/ModuleLoader, etc.

Making sure the main container SWF is a debug one. That should fix this problem.

(You can check whether a SWF is debug or not by opening it in nemo440 (google for that) and looking for debugfile / debugline opcodes.)

Let me know how it works out.

Cheers,

Anirudh