logMessage

Description

Adds the specified message to the message log. These messages are broadcasted to either the parent movie (in case of running as a MIAW), the Flash LocalConnection or the browser environment (using externalEvent), and as such can be used to send messages to these environment.

The message also shows up in the debug window, which can be accessed by pressing the 'd' key in the SPi-V window.

Syntax

Action:

<action event="ready" type="logMessage" message="Hello world!" importance="info"/>

API call:

logMessage("helloworld","info")

Arguments

• message

  Message to add to the message log.

• importance

  Sets the importance, or 'weight' of the message. "silent" messages will not show up in the debug window, but will still be broadcast to the containing environment. "warning" and "error" messages will get an approriate label prefixed.
  Values:"info", "warning", "error" or "silent", defaults to "info"

History

• 13-Jan-06: Initial version