AS3 IDE Debugger has a limit?

Question

I've run into an issue with the AS3 debugger and I am
wondering if there is some maximum I have exceeded that the
debugger doesn't like. Here's the scenario... I have a fairly large
project that consists of about 80 classes defined in external .as
files as well as my main Document Class (with 1284 lines of code,
43.1 KB on disk) that starts it all off.
The swf runs fine but I can no longer get it to run in
debugger mode. It appears that I have exceeded the maximum number
of lines, or statements in the document class (or entire project?).
Here's why I've come to this conclusion...
In the main document class I added a test function that looks
like this:
function anyName(x:int):int {
x = x + 1; x = x + 2; x = x + 3; x = x + 4;
x = x + 5; x = x + 6;
x = x + 7; x = x + 8;
x = x + 9;
x = x + 10;
x = x + 11;
x = x + 12;
x = x + 13;
x = x + 14;
return x;
It doesn't matter where I add it, near to top, or at the end.
As it sits now, I can run it in the Flash IDE debugger
(ctl+shift+enter) and it stops at the first breakpoint.
But, if I add just one more statement, say "x = x + 9;" to
the end of that same line, or as another line in that function,
then the debugger fails to start and the output window shows:
"Attemping to launch and connect to Player using URL
C:\Documents and Settings\Dan\My Documents\Sites\MyApp.swf"
(Adobe, did you realize "Attempting" is misspelled in your
output?)
I can also add one more line "anywhere" in the program, it
does not matter where, and the debugger fails to start. If I remove
the line, the debugger works again.
So, anyone know if there are in fact limits to the IDE or the
debugger?
Anyone run across this before?
I am using Flash CS3 Professional version 9.0 on XP Pro SP2.
Thank you so much,
Dan

Answer 1

Not sure about the debugger crashing, but try rewriting your
function:
function anyName(x:int):int{
for(var i=1;i<=14;i++){
x+=i;
return x;
Cheers,
FlashTastic