Description

The swf-console helps you to output information about an object. It displays a small textfield utility with basic functionalities. Scroll, drag & drop and resize to be exact. It delivers two API methods to output data. It is intended to be used when you haven’t the native trace-window available (in-browser developement for example).

The console uses the analyze() function which is also available as the var_dump for AS3 snippet

Installation

1. Import the package
   import console.Console;

2. Create the console
   private var console:Console = new Console(this);

3. Add the console to the DisplayObjectContainer
   this.addChild(console);

4. Call one of the api methods in your code
   console.analyze(this);
console.print(this);

5. Display the console by pressing the space-bar
   customize this interaction by changing the key-code at Console.as #249

Download

The project is hosted on gitHub – feel free to participate and help improve the code or just let me hear your thoughts.
Download the SWF-Console ZIP here.

The var_dump for AS3 is a code snipped i use on a regularly basis to get information about an object when developping with AS3 in Adobe Flash. It contains two functions: analyze() and write(). The first is a recursive function that analyzes a given object. It uses the second function to trace out the gathered infromation. If you want to output the information elsewhere you can simply customize the write() function.

The code snippet is hosted on snipplr.com and I would be glad to receive feedback and suggestion on how to improve the code.