vdfsplat / README.txt
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September 8, 2015 |
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Picked it up again for a bit, has been much improved, still alfa stage. |
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New feature is an object inspector, when you pause your program or on a breakpoint, press "Ctrl+Q" to invoke. |
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Support for VDF12.1 .. DF18.1, better to compile in a later version, but can debug ANY version with the same binary, because.. magic. |
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December 27th, 2013 |
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- Code is now VDF version independent, VDF12.1 and up |
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Early December 2013 (updated text) |
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Resurrecting this project as I'm updating The hammer. |
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Adding icon for app from art.gnome.org |
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Added debug toolbar icons from the eclipse project |
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Getting some more basics working. |
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Important note: |
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You need to have a fully developer licensed copy of Visual DataFlex 12.1 or higher installed for this to work properly. |
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If you want to play with this then do note the following: |
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- The debug code is using ActiveX controls from the Visual DataFlex development environment. |
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- The debug view has a hardwired file location to the order entry example, so in file vdfdbg.vw |
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line 133 and line 138 will have to be changed to point to the correct locations on your computer. |
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This is only used when you click cancel on the open debug file dialog and in that case you need to have a debug |
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version of order entry compiled and ready. |
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- After you start the VdfSplat, open a prompt list in the order entry example, go back to Splat and press the |
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pause (||) icon in the toolbar to break. |
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- tab around and play with the toolbar buttons and the breakpoint button on the right. |
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- profit! Ehh.. I mean enjoy! |
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Initial version of a standalone debugger for the Hammer. |
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The first question you might have is Why on earth would you want to go through this trouble? |
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Starting from Visual DataFlex 12.0 and up, the debugger is part of the Studio and there's no standalone debugger |
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anymore that we can use from within The Hammer. |
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This reduces the usability for the Hammer, even while you can start the Studio very quickly from The Hammer and |
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have it open your workspace in the correct VDF version. |
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So I'd really love to have that feature back into the Hammer for VDF12+ workspaces. |
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Another often heard reason is "just because we can".. |
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The third reason is that I was attending VMware VMworld 2008 in Las Vegas in my holidays (yes I am a technology nutcase |
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at times) and I wanted to work on some non work related code for fun. |
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As it is now, all of the code has been written while I was down there. |
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This is very alfa, but the basics work. Currently developed for VDF12.1, but it will also include later VDF versions |
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as well a bit later on. |
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Right now it still uses the order entry application hard wired in the source, so you will have to adjust the path yourself |
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to the real location on your own machine in order to be able to run the debugger. |
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October 23, 2008 |
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Wil van Antwerpen |