Actually, even better than what I said before -- manually changing
Safari's arguments -- would be to just click the "Restore Defaults"
button at the bottom of that preference page.
Some of the built-in browsers have browser-specific code that controls
how they are launched. By clicking "Restore Defaults," you are
restoring that browser-specific code as well as the preferences you
can see onscreen. If you just edit the arguments, that may not
interact properly with the Java code that is behind it.
- Mike Morearty
Adobe Flex Builder team
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Jurgen Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Strange indeed.
>
> Shell script opens up Safari without any issues. Remember that the same
> is true for FB when opening help documentation. It brings it right
up in
> Safari.
>
> The preferences in FB for Safari are set to:
>
> Name: Safari
> Location: /usr/bin/open
> Parameters: -a Safari %URL%
>
> This obviously works, as FB starts up Safari when using the help
documents.
>
> For what it's worth, I checked this out on a MacBook Pro running Mac OS
> X and I now understand why everyone agrees that the debugger should
> start up based on the selection in the preferences. Didn't have any
> problems there to switch between the browsers.
>
> Only conclusion that I can draw for the problem Mac OS X install is
that
> Flex Builder is having an issue picking up the browser preference when
> targeting a browser for debugging and must revert back to the system's
> default browser.
>
> Shell script works, preferences seem to be working for FB help
> documentation in Safari. The problem shows up when starting a debug
session.
>
> I wonder if we are having issues with the underlying Eclipse framework.
>
> Jurgen
>
>
> Mike Morearty wrote:
> >
> > Strange. For what it's worth, the exact command line used by Flex
> > Builder to launch Safari is:
> >
> > /usr/bin/open -a %1 %2
> >
> > where %1 is the full path to the browser specified by the Eclipse
> > browser preferences, and %2 is the URL of your app. So, it is
> > normally this for Safari:
> >
> > /usr/bin/open -a /Applications/Safari.app/Content/MacOS/Safari
> > YOUR_URL_GOES_HERE
> >
> > Try that from a shell script (without the URL on the end), and see if
> > Safari opens.
> >
> > - Mike
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Jurgen Beck <jurgen@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey Mike,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the response!
> > >
> > > This is happening on Mac OS X with Flex Builder 2.0.1. The system's
> > > default browser is set to Firefox. For the Flex debugging I'd
like to
> > > use Safari though. I've been running into some caching issues with
> > > Firefox that I have documented in another post, thus the reason
to use
> > > Safari. Safari is at version 3.0.3.
> > >
> > > Firefox and Safari are installed in their default locations
> > > (Applications folder).
> > >
> > > I've done a little bit more testing with the External Web Browser
> > > settings in Preferences and it seems to me that Flex Builder is
having
> > > difficulties locating the Safari browser instance and is
defaulting to
> > > the system default browser for debugging, which in my case is
Firefox.
> > > This, even though the help documentation starts up in Safari
when the
> > > selection is set to use Safari as the external browser.
> > >
> > > So, the question then would be what to specify for the Location and
> > > Parameters settings in Edit External Web Browser when setting up the
> > > Safari entry.
> > >
> > > Jurgen
> > >
> > >
> > > Mike Morearty wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Jurgen,
> > > >
> > > > Carlos was correct -- changing the value in Window > Preferences >
> > > > General > Web Browser is how you change what browser Flex
Builder uses
> > > > to debug. If that doesn't work for you, then something is going
> > > > wrong, but I am not aware of any bugs in that area.
> > > >
> > > > There is no per-project setting that is in any way related to
this.
> > > > The only per-project setting is, what URL is used when
launching; but
> > > > this has no effect at all on our choice of which browser to use.
> > > >
> > > > Just curious: What operating system are you on? What is your
system
> > > > default browser, and what browser are you trying to force Flex
Builder
> > > > to use? Is there anything nonstandard about how you installed
any of
> > > > your browsers -- e.g. did you install Firefox into a nonstandard
> > > > location, or anything like that?
> > > >
> > > > I can't really think of much that would be going wrong here,
but with
> > > > more info, I might be able to take a guess.
> > > >
> > > > - Mike Morearty
> > > > Adobe Flex Builder team
> > > > http://www.morearty.com/blog <http://www.morearty.com/blog>
<http://www.morearty.com/blog <http://www.morearty.com/blog>>
> > <http://www.morearty.com/blog <http://www.morearty.com/blog>
<http://www.morearty.com/blog <http://www.morearty.com/blog>>>
> > > >
> > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Jurgen Beck <jurgen@>
wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks, but that doesn't seem to have an effect on the browser
> > that the
> > > > > debugger uses. This seems to only affect the browser use for the
> > help
> > > > > documentation.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm sure I'm missing something.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jurgen
> > > > >
> > > > > carlos m wrote:
> > > > > > In FB click on the Window >> Preferences >> General >> Web
> > Browser.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > HTH,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Carlos
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > > > > From: Jurgen Beck <jurgen@>
> > > > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 10:06:39 AM
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex Builder 2.0.1: Change
Browser for
> > > > Debugging
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I asked this yesterday, but I'm not sure if I missed any
possible
> > > > > > responses to it. So here is another quick summary:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > How can we change the browser that FB uses for debugging?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jurgen
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jurgen Beck wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> Even though there is a FB Preferences setting for using a
browser
> > > > when
> > > > > >> Web pages are opened, this seems to mostly be targeting the
> > > > display of
> > > > > >> help documentation.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> If we need to change the specific browser we want to open
when FB
> > > > starts
> > > > > >> a debugging process, it seems that the only way of doing this
> > is by
> > > > > >> changing the system's default browser.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Now, here is the strange part:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> When starting a new Flex project, it seems that the default
> > > > browser at
> > > > > >> that time gets stored into the project preferences somewhere.
> > Even if
> > > > > >> the system default browser is being changed, the Flex project
> > debug
> > > > > >> process seems to be starting the browser that was the default
> > > > browser at
> > > > > >> the time the project was created and not the current default
> > browser.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> So, the question then is, how we can change the browser that
> > a debug
> > > > > >> session for a specific project uses? I'd love to be able
to set
> > > > this as
> > > > > >> a preference, either per project, or for Flex Builder in
general.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Can anyone shed some light on this issue?
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Thanks,
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Jurgen
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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