Debug Idea with PB/DLL -> PB/CC

[Gregery D Engle]

I love PB/DLL but the ability to debug programs with PB/CC
PRINT/STDOUT command(s) is a huge assett.

Currently I develop my functions with PB/CC and then port them
over to PB/DLL.

I'm wanting to know if this is possible.

Can I send a message to a console window and have it display the
text?

I invision having a blank PB/CC program open that just sits
and waits for messages, and when a message appears it will
print it to the screen.

Any ideas? Similar to #DEBUG PRINT but this is so much
easier to work with. The debugger takes so long to run.

This is what I have so far:
DEBUG.BAS PB/CC 2.0
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#COMPILE EXE
#INCLUDE "win32api.inc"

%INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE  = -1
%WAIT_FAILED = &HFFFF

FUNCTION PBMAIN() AS LONG
    DIM lcPathSpec AS ASCIIZ * 255
    DIM zShortCookiePath AS ASCIIZ * %MAX_PATH
    lcPathSpec = "D:\debug"
    lbWatchSubtree& = %TRUE
    lihNotify& = FINDFIRSTCHANGENOTIFICATION(lcPathSpec, lbWatchSubtree&, %FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_FILE_NAME)
    IF lihNotify& <= %INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE THEN
        EXIT FUNCTION
    END IF
    liWaitReturn& = WAITFORSINGLEOBJECT(lihNotify&, %INFINITE)
    IF liWaitReturn& >= %WAIT_FAILED THEN
        OPEN "D:\debug\debug.txt" FOR INPUT SHARED AS #1
        INPUT #1, sBuffer$
        CLOSE #1: KILL "d:\debug\debug.txt"
        PRINT sBuffer$
        DO
            liWaitReturn& = FINDNEXTCHANGENOTIFICATION(lihNotify&)
            liWaitReturn& = WAITFORSINGLEOBJECT(lihNotify&, %INFINITE)
            IF liWaitReturn& >= %WAIT_FAILED THEN
                OPEN "D:\debug\debug.txt" FOR INPUT SHARED AS #1
                INPUT #1, sBuffer$
                CLOSE #1: KILL "d:\debug\debug.txt"
                PRINT sBuffer$
            END IF
        LOOP
    END IF
END FUNCTION

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SAMPLES.BAS PB/DLL 6.0
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SUB Debug(sText$)
    #IF %DEF(%pb_cc32)
        PRINT "DEBUG: " & sText$ & " - " & TIME$
    #ENDIF
    
    #IF %DEF(%pb_dll32)
        OPEN "D:\debug\debug.txt" FOR OUTPUT AS #1
        PRINT #1, "DEBUG: " & sText$: CLOSE #1
        'MSGBOX "DEBUG: " & sText$ & " - " & TIME$
    #ENDIF
END SUB

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My code doesn't work the way I'm wanting. I would rather
send messages, some type of IPC would be good I think. Any
ideas?

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-Greg

[This message has been edited by Gregery D Engle (edited April 19, 2001).]

[Lance Edmonds]

There was some code recently posted by Semen in this or the Source Code Forum that shows how to create and output data to a console window from a PB/DLL GUI app... search for "AllocConsole" and you should find it ok.

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Lance
PowerBASIC Support
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[jcfuller]

Greg,
You may find this utility useful.

www.jcfuller.com/ADPDP.ZIP


James


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[eddie mcmullen]

EZGUI 1.0 HAS DEBUGPRINT


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