I figured since I’m on the subject I would go ahead and create a custom logging target for sugarcookie and a companion logging app – LumberJack. This particular target sends log message objects over a LocalConnection to a basic logging console that will output them into a text field. Being able to see trace statements from a site running on any server, on any network can really help when debugging your application that is deployed somewhere besides your localhost. There are other tools out there that do this like RED|Bug, Xray or even FlashTracer, but this one is extremely simple and includes all the code so you can modify it to suit your needs.

First let’s create the new log target class by extending the existing mx.logging.targets.LineFormattedTarget Flex class. Then override the logEvent method with the functionality desired and you’re in business. Here’s how I did it:
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