Flex Builder Debugger doesn't display local variables

Question

Hi all,

I am using the Flex Builder 3 debugger almost every day and it's starting to be a real pain that the 'Variables' tab in the 'Flex Debugging' view doesn't show local variables, only 'this' is displayed.

Also I can not add Watch Expressions for local variables.

Am I forgetting something here or is the debugger just very limited?

Thanks

Answer 1

Ensure you are at the proper level in the thread stack when looking at the variables. Worth a look, otherwise, I'd go with reinstalling.

Answer 2

To see if Flex Builder is even tracking your local variables properly, set a breakpoint somewhere in a function. Once you hit that breakpoint, you can also "hover" over a variable in your source code, and a tooltip should show the current value of that variable.

Answer 3

I have the same problem that motto described. Local variables are not displayed when debugging, "hover" method doesn't work either. You can always use trace() or Loging API. The problem occurred to me yesterday and the only thing I noticed is that the project stopped to compile using ant script due to OutOfMemoryError (I usually build project using FB, but sometimes FlexBuilder doesn't show errors/warnings and compiling via ant script is the only way I know to find them).