I cobbled together some code from here and there for a trace I like... it generates an error to get a stack trace and picks out the traced routine name, I like that detail in the trace log.

Problem: it fails in an installed AIR file. I wonder why? I don't expect it to do anything as is... just, I'd prefer it not cause the program to fail!

tx artie

enter code here    

static public function XTRACE( ... traceArgs ):void {
    try {
        throw new Error();  // make a stack
    } catch (e:Error) {
        var stack:String = e.getStackTrace();
        var frames:Array = stack.split("\n");
        var myFrame:String = String(frames[2]);
        myFrame = myFrame.replace("\t", "");

        // "at " can be followed by some part of the package
        // you don't want to see. E.g., if your code is all in
        // com.foo.bar, you can put "at com.foo.bar." so as not
        // to crowd the display
        myFrame = myFrame.substr("at ".length);
        myFrame = myFrame.substring(0, myFrame.indexOf("["));
        var now:Date = new Date();
        trace(new Date().toLocaleTimeString() + ":" + myFrame + ": " + traceArgs.join(" "));
    }
}