Not sure if this is already covered, but you could set your web server to include no cache headers so all your files are automatically reloaded every time. This prevents the issue of getting an old file. Tomcat might be a bit difficult to add the headers as it only has rudimentary page serving capabilities as it is meant to be run behind either a standard Apache webserver or other webserver such as IIS that is serving up actual static pages/elements. I tend to use IE as my debug environment for the simple purpose that it launches a new window each time and when you terminate debugging it automatically closes that window. No effort to close window manually (unless you want to set location and size of window - IE remembers last position and size when launching). I use firefox for my general browser. Besides the active X version of the debug player tends to be much easier to work with then the plugin version which has a tendency to crash on occassion resulting in force closing.
Sincerely Mark R. Jonkman http://bitsbytesandsawdust.blogspot.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Davidson" <jerry.david...@illinois.gov> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 8:59:36 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Debug Woes - Redux So I only have to close the browser every time I make a change and want to test it? That would be better than shutting down the IDE and the server (Tomcat6). Normally I work in FF (11), but I do have IE (8) and can use that for this kind of testing. It was so weird to see it step past code without landing on it or even worse, landing on it and ignoring it. I’ll try shutting down the browser in todays (hopefully the last day of) testing. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Harui Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 5:53 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Debug Woes - Redux I’ve had this kind of problem when the browser tries to cache an old SWF. I have to clear the cache and restart the browser. I sometimes make an edit to the main screen each time I make some other edit so I can immediately see if I’ve got an old SWF in the debugger. _,_._,___
