Flash glossary: Output panel
When you test a SWF file in Adobe Flash Professional, the Output panel displays information to help you troubleshoot the ActionScript logic in your SWF file. To show this information, add trace() statements to your code or use the List Objects and List Variables commands.
If you use the trace() statement in your scripts, you can send specific information to the Output panel as the SWF file runs. This could include notes about the SWF file's status or the value of an expression.
To display or hide the Output panel, choose Window > Output or press F2.
Here is a partial list of the commands you can select in the Output Panel menu:
- Copy: Copies the contents of the Output panel to your computer's Clipboard. To copy a selected portion of the output, select the area you want to copy and then select Copy.
- Save to File: Saves the Output panel contents to a text file.
- Filter Level: Select None to prevent any information from appearing in the Output panel; select Verbose to send all information to the Output panel.
For more information, read the documentation on the trace() function in the ActionScript 2 Language Reference. To learn more about working with the Output panel, see the section titled Output panel overview in the Flash documentation.
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