Omit Trace Actions?

I've got a set of SWFs called from a web site. Info security here at my company does webscans to look for potential theats and found the following issue.
Debug Messaging
Summary:
An indication that the trace() function is being utilized was detected due to the presence of debug messaging. This can represent a serious security concern as path names and other information can be revealed. Recommendations include removing all debugging messaging from the application code before it is placed on production servers.
Implication:
The trace() function is used to record programming notes or to display messages in the Output window while testing a movie.
When left in production code, attackers can discover information which can lead to more severe attacks.
Then they send me to this site for more info...
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/secure_swf_apps.html
Compiling clean code
Related threats: Unauthorized local data access
When creating applications, it is a best practice to remove all debug code from the final production releases. This is also a best practice for developing SWF applications. The Omit Trace Actions flag in Flash development environments tells the compiler to remove any trace commands when creating the compiled SWF file. This will make the published SWF smaller and it will remove any excess information or actions from the SWF.
So I guess my question is....is there any way to set 'Omit Trace Actions?' to True in Xcelsius, as you can apparently do in Flex?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. Dan

Hi Trigon_15
Same thing happend to me, suddenly trace stopt working, some sort of bug i believe
how it occured i don't know, if added a new SDK, all worked perfect, 2 days later, it just
stopped tracing.
How i solved it?
i've added the compiler argument (-compiler.debug=true) to the Compiler options of the project.
In my case it's tracing again
Hopes it will help you to!
Regards,
Marc
ps. i'm using Flash Builder 4 with Flex SDK 4.1

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