Debug Watch Panel in AS3 projects?

Is it just me, or does it not make sense that only ActionScript projects <= 2.0 get a proper "Watch" panel in which to specify watched expressions during ActionScript debugging? Seems to me that it should have been a natural assumtion we'd get something like this in Flash projects done in AS 3.0 by now. Does anyone on the forums know why this has yet to be implemented? Flash Builder has had this from the get-go, but I understand that this may likely be because that toolset is very developer-heavy and Flash CSx Professional is more of a designer-animation toolset.
But still, does anyone else find it annoying for large complex Flash projects done in CSx requires you to twirl down the list of ALL the variables and then all the nested variables in complex AS 3.0 objects just to find the one thing you are interested in seeing? Then having to do it all over again once you step over your breakpoints and try to observe changes to variables? This is frustrating to the max! I've made a request via the features wishlist so hopefully this will get implemented in some version.
Sorry, just venting.

Thanks for responding positively to this idea. I'm sure hard-core coders will appreciate having this as a time-saving measure to the AS3 development process in Flash Pro.

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I'm pretty new to AS3 so sorry if I ask anything dumb!
Basically I'm trying to debug a game I'm developing, I always used
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plays, but I can't find it in AS3. All I have is a 'variables'
panel with absolutely everything in it which doesn't make it
particularly usable. I must be missing something, but I can't see
what!
Regards
Kevin

Can you ensure that the SWF your are debugging is a release SWF?
I've recently fixed a bug (which is not publicly available) where the same stacktrace was visible:
A release SWF loads a debug SWF via SWFLoader/ModuleLoader, etc.
Making sure the main container SWF is a debug one. That should fix this problem.
(You can check whether a SWF is debug or not by opening it in nemo440 (google for that) and looking for debugfile / debugline opcodes.)
Let me know how it works out.
Cheers,
Anirudh

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Hi,
I know exactly how you feel, there is simple answer; replace
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I am very happy person ;)
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