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- From: rryan@panix.com (Rob Ryan)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
- Subject: Re: DebugOutput() probs : was Re: MSC 7.0 windows debug mode and 'Cant read from device AUX'
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.174914.24388@panix.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 17:49:14 GMT
- References: <RHARMON.92Dec10144328@triton.uucp> <1992Dec11.160246.3274@panix.com> <1992Dec15.114345.8779@titan.inmos.co.uk> <1992Dec16.135938.21596@panix.com> <1992Dec21.130416.10774@titan.inmos.co.uk>
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- Organization: Panix, NYC
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- In <1992Dec21.130416.10774@titan.inmos.co.uk> jeremy@cheetah.inmos.co.uk (Jeremy Thorp) writes:
-
- >|> The main thing is that you need a line in your .DEF file that says:
- >|>
- >|> IMPORTS _DebugOutput=KERNEL._DebugOutput
- >|>
- >|> Also, this is a Windows v3.1 routine, so it won't work if you have
- >|> Windows 3.0. I'm not sure why this import is needed. It is a documented
- >|> function of the Windows 3.1 API, so you really shouldn't need to do this,
- >|> but you do. Also, the docs don't seem to reference to DBF_APPLICATION.
- >|> Perhaps they simply expect everyone to use TRACE().
- >
- >I have tried (on previous occasions) the IMPORTS thing, and it
- >enables the program to link ok.
- >
- >However, I have NEVER got DebugOutput to actually output anything. I
- >am using the DBWin program provided in the SDK to display messages.
- >OutputDebugString, and TRACE both work, DebugPut doesn't - ever!
- >
- >Does anyone know what I am doing wrong?
-
- In dbwin, do you have the "application" box checked under trace in the
- settings dialog box? If this isn't checked, nothing will be produced.
- You don't need to provide the name of the application, but make sure
- that the "Application" box is checked.
-
- --
- Rob Ryan
- rryan@panix.com
-