This program demonstrates the possibility to debug Flash movies without the Flash IDE.

To use it you have to :

• include the net.alexisisaac.flide package into your project
  
• launch the Flide.init() method.
• configure MATSC to use net.alexisisaac.Flide.traceReplacer() as the trace function (add -trace net.alexisisaac.Flide.traceReplacer to the compilation command)

When you want to add a breakpoint you must add : trace({o:this}); if you are in a non static function and trace({o:null}); if you are in a static function.

Example :

import net.alexisisaac.flide.Flide; 
  class MyMainClass{
     function doSomething(a:Number):Number
    {
       var b:Number = a*Math.PI;
      trace({o:this)}; //<=== Breaks here
      b=b/180;
      return b; 
    } 
    static function  main()
     {
       Flide.init()
      var instance:MyMainClass = new MyMainClass();
      instance.doSomething(); 
    } 
  }

Download : 

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MTASC modification proposal 

 It would be useful to create a hack for MTASC witch would :

• Launch a specified method before each line containing code, passing the name of the current class, the name of the current file, the current line number and a list of local variables and their values. (non breaking breakpoint)
• Launch another method with the same parameters on lines with breakpoint (the breakpoints could be defined in an external file or passed on the command line)

Exemple :

Original file :

class myClass{
    function myClass()
    {
      var a:Number;
      this.doSomething(0); 
      for (a=0;a<100;a++)
      { 
        this.doSomething(a);
      } 
      trace("end"); 
    }  
    function doSomething()
    {
      if(a>50)
      {
         trace("a>50");
      } 
    } 
  }

•  Files as seen after compilation with parameters :

• -trace debugClass.traceReplacer -non-breaking-breakpoint debugClass.nbBreakPoint -breakpoint debugClass.breakPoint -breakpoints-position myClass:5,14

•  or with the breakpoints defined in an external file :

• -trace debugClass.traceReplacer -non-breaking-breakpoint debugClass.nbBreakPoint -breakoint debugClass.breakPoint -breakpointlist breakpoints.bp

• file breakpoints.bp: 
  
• myClass:5,14
• or with the breakpoints defined an external file for each class :

• -trace debugClass.traceReplacer -non-breaking-breakpoints debugClass.nbBreakPoint -breakpoint debugClass.breakPoint -breakpointlist bp

• file myClass.bp

• 5

  14

class myClass{
    function myClass()
    {
      var a:Number;
      debugClass.breakPoint("myClass,"myClass.as",5,[{name:"a",value:a},{name:"this",value:this}]);
      this.doSomething(0); 
       debugClass.nbBreakPoint("myClass,"myClass.as",6,[{name:"a",value:a},{name:"this",value:this}]); 
      for (a=0;a<100;a++)
      { 
        debugClass.nbBreakPoint("myClass,"myClass.as",8,[{name:"a",value:a},{name:"this",value:this}]);   
        this.doSomething(a);
      } 
      debugClass.nbBreakPoint("myClass,"myClass.as",10,[{name:"a",value:a},{name:"this",value:this}]);  
      trace("end"); 
    }  
    function doSomething(val:Number)
    {
      debugClass.nbBreakPoint("myClass,"myClass.as",14,[{name:"val",value:val},{name:"this",value:this}]); 
       if(val>50)
      {
        debugClass.breakPoint("myClass,"myClass.as",16,[{name:"val",value:val},{name:"this",value:this}]);  
         trace("val>50");
      } 
    } 
  }

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