Overview

In This Chapter

Controlling code hints and syntax coloring

Organizing and editing code

Using the Output panel

Knowing the Flash Debugger panel

Assigning breakpoints

Debugging a Flash movie remotely

External code files

Troubleshooting guidelines

Community help

Is there anything worse than sitting at your computer, scratching your head, utterly frustrated because something won't work as planned? Chances are it is something really minor. This chapter focuses on tools, methods, and techniques you can use to fix these sorts of problems.

Many problems can occur while you are creating your movie. ActionScript errors, movie structure and design components, and external technologies, such as XML and server-side processes, may cause problems. Debugging your Flash document can seem like an overwhelming task, but with the right tools, it's not as daunting. In this chapter, we'll review a few tools that can help you. At the end of the chapter you will find a good practices list, troubleshooting guidelines, and testing matrices that you can use to sort out common issues and problems that often occur when you are developing with Flash.