AS3: No variables in testing environment

Question

So one of the ways I work is to publish my swf into the
testing environment. If things are quite what I expect I often go
to the Debug menu and select "List Variables." Then I can see the
status of all my variables and often realize what is going on.
Try this with AS3.
Make a new AS3 FLA.
On the first frame put this.
var myVal:Number=10;
Publish and then List Variables.
Do you get anything other than:
Level #0:
Variable _level0.$version = "MAC 9,0,45,0"
That is all I ever see. Not so useful.
Was this just a bad habit to develop? Or is this something
missing from AS3?

Answer 1

I am sorry but List Variables is not supported for
ActionScript 3.
The Flash player has no way of identifying whether the movie
being tested is
ActionScript 1 and 2 where it is supported or ActionScript 3
where it is
not, so the feature still remains accessible for both even
though it will
only work for ActionScript 1 and 2.
"Rothrock" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> So one of the ways I work is to publish my swf into the
testing
> environment. If
> things are quite what I expect I often go to the Debug
menu and select
> "List
> Variables." Then I can see the status of all my
variables and often
> realize
> what is going on.
>
> Try this with AS3.
>
> Make a new AS3 FLA.
> On the first frame put this.
> var myVal:Number=10;
> Publish and then List Variables.
>
> Do you get anything other than:
>
> Level #0:
> Variable _level0.$version = "MAC 9,0,45,0"
>
> That is all I ever see. Not so useful.
>
> Was this just a bad habit to develop? Or is this
something missing from
> AS3?
>