.whistler – An AIR Trace Viewer
- Compatibility: AIR 2.0 and later (ActionScript 3.0)
- File Size: About 450Kb
- Change Log
Download Now (1.0.5)
What’s New
- Removes extra spaces from AIR traces
Description
.whistler is an Adobe AIR based utility. It is capable of displaying the trace and policy log generated by the Flash Debug Player. These log files are used by all browsers so this utility can be used with Internet Explorer, Safari or even Chrome all at the same time. What ever browser supports the Flash Debug Player, .whistler can display Flash traces from it.
I made this utility originally for AIR 1.0 but realized that the log files are locked when an AIR app is running. I eventually forgot aout this project until recently. When I learned that as of AIR 1.5.2, an AIR app can read the log files. So I finished this app up and got it out there. This will make it much easier to debug in other browsers besides Firefox. You also won’t need to have Firefox running just to watch traces anymore and best of all, it’s multi-platform to boot!
I know this will overlap with Flashbug, but it’s a great tool none-the-less. Use whichever works best for your workflow. Enjoy!
Features
- View Trace Log – View the trace log from any browser.
- View Policy Log – View the policy log from any browser.
- Filter – Filter the log with any keyword or use regular expressions.
- mm.cfg Creation/Configuration – mm.cfg will be created automatically if it doesn’t exist. You can then configure it directly from .whistler. Any changes you make to mm.cfg outside of .whistler are still reflected in the Options pane.
- Auto-update capability
whistler's Log pane
.whistler's Options pane
Change Log
.whistler 1.0.5 for Adobe AIR 2.0 (September 7, 2010)
- Removes extra spaces from AIR traces
.whistler 1.0.4 for Adobe AIR 2.0 (September 3, 2010)
- Removed alert after clearing log successfully
.whistler 1.0.3 for Adobe AIR 2.0 (August 24, 2010)
- Fixed MM.cfg creation
.whistler 1.0.2 for Adobe AIR 2.0 (June 11, 2010)
- Added Open file directly via AIR 2.0
.whistler 1.0.1 for Adobe AIR 1.5.3 (May 17, 2010)
- Added donate button to About window
- Log and filter field are set to _sans (to hopefully allow multi-languages).
.whistler 1.0.0 for Adobe AIR 1.5.3 (March 12, 2010)
- Initial release.
Need Help?
Feel free to e-mail me a question. When you e-mail your question, please include pictures (if applicable) that clearly demonstrates the problem and provide a brief explanation.
Author: Gabriel Mariani, (e-mail: gabriel -at- coursevector.com)
Copyright 2010, CourseVector (This work is subject to the terms here.)
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13 Comments to .whistler – An AIR Trace Viewer
Recieved an error when installing on Leopard.”This installation of this application is damage. Try re-installing or contacting the publisher for assistance.”
April 7, 2010
Weak. Macs, always trying to be different…. I’ll check it out, thanks!
April 13, 2010
DAMAGE FILE FIX> install this http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/air2.html
April 13, 2010
it dosent work on shared machines, multiple users…
April 15, 2010
How are you trying to use it p48l0?
As for the AIR2 comment, I didn’t think i published it for AIR2…
April 19, 2010
hi…Does not support Chinese?
April 23, 2010
Probably not, I didn’t localize it at all. Maybe in the future, but for now it’s English only. As for displaying traces in Chinese, I probably need to switch to _sans font so it displays correctly. My apologies on that.
August 18, 2010
neat proggy, but it keeps complaining that it didnt find mm.cfg when it starts. it also failed to create the config bits, worked after i ran vizzy (another flash tracer) which created the necessary files. whistler still complains about the mm.cfg after that.
August 24, 2010
I THINK I’ve fixed the issue you ran into. Also I’m going to start tracking any issues on Google Code instead of the comments. http://code.google.com/p/cv-whistler/
September 16, 2010
it’s very good, but is doesn’t support Chinese…..it’s a pity.
October 13, 2010
great tool!
could you embed the default font, it will make letters rendering mich better
(especially if you use TLF texts from spark or pure)
January 6, 2011
I am looking forward on having something like this as a complement to my flash profiler.
There is really a need for a good mm.cfg file management and configuration of my profiler. I would like to know if this migh interest you.
please send me a mail!
April 26, 2011
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