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1 | 20 | wil | September 8, 2015 |
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2 | Picked it up again for a bit, has been much improved, still alfa stage. |
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4 | New feature is an object inspector, when you pause your program or on a breakpoint, press "Ctrl+Q" to invoke. |
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6 | 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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8 | 13 | wil | December 27th, 2013 |
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10 | - Code is now VDF version independent, VDF12.1 and up |
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12 | 4 | wil | -- |
13 | 13 | wil | Early December 2013 (updated text) |
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15 | 4 | wil | Resurrecting this project as I'm updating The hammer. |
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17 | Adding icon for app from art.gnome.org |
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18 | 13 | wil | Added debug toolbar icons from the eclipse project |
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20 | 5 | wil | Getting some more basics working. |
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22 | 13 | wil | Important note: |
23 | 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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25 | 5 | wil | If you want to play with this then do note the following: |
26 | 13 | wil | - The debug code is using ActiveX controls from the Visual DataFlex development environment. |
27 | - The debug view has a hardwired file location to the order entry example, so in file vdfdbg.vw |
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28 | 5 | wil | line 133 and line 138 will have to be changed to point to the correct locations on your computer. |
29 | 13 | wil | This is only used when you click cancel on the open debug file dialog and in that case you need to have a debug |
30 | version of order entry compiled and ready. |
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31 | 5 | wil | - After you start the VdfSplat, open a prompt list in the order entry example, go back to Splat and press the |
32 | 13 | wil | pause (||) icon in the toolbar to break. |
33 | - tab around and play with the toolbar buttons and the breakpoint button on the right. |
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34 | 5 | wil | - profit! Ehh.. I mean enjoy! |
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38 | 3 | wil | Initial version of a standalone debugger for the Hammer. |
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40 | The first question you might have is Why on earth would you want to go through this trouble? |
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41 | 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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42 | anymore that we can use from within The Hammer. |
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43 | This reduces the usability for the Hammer, even while you can start the Studio very quickly from The Hammer and |
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44 | have it open your workspace in the correct VDF version. |
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45 | So I'd really love to have that feature back into the Hammer for VDF12+ workspaces. |
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47 | Another often heard reason is "just because we can".. |
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49 | 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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50 | at times) and I wanted to work on some non work related code for fun. |
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51 | As it is now, all of the code has been written while I was down there. |
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53 | 4 | wil | This is very alfa, but the basics work. Currently developed for VDF12.1, but it will also include later VDF versions |
54 | as well a bit later on. |
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55 | 3 | wil | Right now it still uses the order entry application hard wired in the source, so you will have to adjust the path yourself |
56 | to the real location on your own machine in order to be able to run the debugger. |
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58 | -0- |
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59 | October 23, 2008 |
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60 | Wil van Antwerpen |