Posts Tagged ‘ Debugging ’

Alcon 3.1 Update

  • April 5th, 2009
  • Posted in Dev

Although Alcon version 4 is currently under development I’ve decided to release a small update for Alcon 3, version 3.1 since I’ve received a code signing certificate from Adobe and wanted to keep up with re-releasing the now-signed application on the AIR Market Place. Besides that Alcon is now code-signed there is exactly one new feature [ READ MORE ]

Customizing toString()

  • September 8th, 2008
  • Posted in Dev

When writing classes for a framework I usually put a custom toString method into important classes so that debugging becomes easier. Normally they would go like something along the lines of: override public function toString():String { return "[ClassName]"; } … Sometimes adding properties to the returned String that give back information about the class, e.g. override public function toString():String { return [ READ MORE ]

Alcon 3 Out Now!

  • August 25th, 2008
  • Posted in Dev

It took longer than expected thanks to obstacles like a crashed harddisk and other minorities in between but it’s finally done and I now can announce the immediate availability of Alcon 3! It runs currently on Windows and Mac and hopefully soon on Linux too. When I tested it on Ubuntu it installed and started [ READ MORE ]

Alcon 3 Preview

  • August 21st, 2008
  • Posted in Dev

Since so many of you (well, at least four people) are feverishly waiting for the release of Alcon 3 here’s a preview screenshot to comfort your waiting time. The shot shows Alcon’s trace output panel with some bogus Array being traced iteratively and as a hex dump. the top of the window displays Alcon’s new [ READ MORE ]

Announcing Alcon 3

  • July 23rd, 2008
  • Posted in Dev

Alcon 3 is in the works! The new version is being written for Adobe AIR and that means no more hackish OS integration! Thanks to AIR the debugging tool will run nice and smooth on any supported OS and it will restore your windows size and position where you last left it, Stay On Top [ READ MORE ]

Alcon 2.0 Public Beta released

  • April 29th, 2007
  • Posted in Dev

I’m happy to announce that Alcon 2.0 has finally been made public. The new version was completely rewritten using ActionScript 3 and Flex 2 and contains several new features that I missed in version 1. The most significant additions are the following: - Output of up to four log files. You can define which log files [ READ MORE ]

Alcon v1.0.8 – Added AS3.0 Support

  • July 12th, 2006
  • Posted in Dev

I’ve updated Alcon (ActionScript Logging Console) to v1.0.8! The only thing that has been added in this version is a Debug Class for use with ActionScript 3.0, everything else hasn’t been changed. The AS3.0 Debug Class can be found in the com.hexagonstar.util.debug package. Note that you must use Debug.trace() since I’m not even sure if it’s [ READ MORE ]

Alcon – ActionScript Logging Console

  • July 25th, 2005
  • Posted in Dev

Alcon is a lightweight external output console for Flash ActionScript that allows developers to view debugging information without relying on the Flash IDE. SWF files can be debugged and monitored no matter if they are in the web browser, Flash Player or a standalone executable. While that Alcon tries to keep inclusion into projects as [ READ MORE ]