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- FULLDB version 1.3 - Add .OBJ line number information to Turbo Pascal .TPU.
- Works with TP 5.5, TP 6.0, or TPW 1.0!
-
- Copyright (c) D.J. Murdoch, 1991
-
- Syntax: FULLDB tpuname[.TPU] [/Oobjpath]
-
- reads the given .TPU file, and attempts to add line number information
- from all externally linked .OBJ files.
-
- Option:
- /Oobjpath: Search objpath for .OBJ files if they're not in the current
- directory.
-
- This option may be kept in the TPC.CFG file, if that file is on the
- PATH. A command line option will override the TPC.CFG value.
-
- Description:
-
- Turbo Pascal versions 4.0 and up allow you to link external .OBJ files
- written in other languages. Usually these are written in assembler,
- since the requirements of the TP linker are very strict.
- Unfortunately, all debugging information is lost, which makes it very
- hard to get the assembler code right.
-
- FULLDB fixes this for TP 5.5 and 6.0, and TPW 1.0. If you can get your
- external assembler/compiler to include standard line number
- information in the .OBJ files, FULLDB will copy this into your .TPU
- file. This will enable you to single step through your external code
- while in the TURBO IDE or in Turbo Debugger.
-
- Example:
-
- The following demonstration files are included in this package. I've
- already done the first few steps in TP 6.0; skip right to compiling
- DEMO.PAS if you're using that version.
-
- Assemble PARSE.ASM with included debug information:
-
- TASM /Zd PARSE
-
- Compile PARSE.PAS, which links in PARSE.OBJ:
-
- TPC /$D+ PARSE.PAS
-
- (Or use the TURBO.EXE IDE to compile it. It's doesn't matter if you
- include debug information for the Pascal part of the unit.)
-
- Add the PARSE.OBJ line number information to .TPU:
-
- FULLDB PARSE.TPU
-
- Now compile the DEMO program:
-
- TPC /V /$D+ DEMO
- or
- TURBO DEMO
- <F9>
-
- and you'll be able to single step <F7> right into PARSE.ASM, in either
- Turbo Debugger or the IDE.
-
- Limitations:
-
- The record in the .TPU file giving the name of the .OBJ file doesn't
- include date & time information. If the file it finds isn't the same
- one you linked into your .TPU, you're likely to get garbage line
- numbers. FULLDB will have no way to check on this.
-
- FULLDB can't read full debug information from the .OBJ file. Only
- line numbers are used, so local symbols won't be available to the
- debugger. Note that the TP 6.0 IDE has a Registers window available
- using the <AltW>R command.
-
- The lack of local symbols is something I'm working on; if you register
- this copy (see below), you may get the full debug version in the mail.
- This effort would be greatly sped up if someone could point me to
- documentation of the debug info formats in .OBJ files; I already know
- how to add it to the .TPU file once I can read it.
-
-
- History:
-
- 1.3 - Added search of TPC.CFG, and demonstration code
-
- 1.2 - Added /O option
-
- 1.1 - Fixed bug with large .ASM files
-
- 1.0 - First version
-
- License:
-
- FULLDB is not public domain. It contains code whose copyright belongs
- to D.J. Murdoch, as well as library code from Borland International
- and TurboPower Software.
-
- You are free to use FULLDB without charge for one month. If you keep
- it beyond that time, you must register it by sending $20 (Canadian or
- U.S. dollars) to me at the address below. Mention your version
- number; one update will be sent to you when available. I'll also put
- a collection of other freeware and shareware programming utilities on
- the same disk. (If you like, you can forgo the free update and
- request the disk of other utilities immediately.)
-
- You may distribute FULLDB unmodified, together with this documentation
- file, provided that you charge no more than distribution costs, and on
- no account more than $10 per copy.
-
- Source code:
-
- Source code to FULLDB is available to registered users at a cost of
- $20 (Canadian or U.S. dollars). Send your payment to me at the
- address below. You can register it and obtain source code at the same
- time for $35 (Canadian or U.S.).
-
- Warranty:
-
- There is no warranty of any kind with this program. But it's
- shareware - if it doesn't do what you want, throw it away. I can't
- accept responsibility for any damage that bugs in it may cause. If
- you find any, please send reports to me (Duncan Murdoch) at one of the
- following addresses:
-
- DJ Murdoch at Fidonet node 1:221/177.40
- dmurdoch@watstat.waterloo.edu on Internet
- 71631,122 on Compuserve
-
- 79 John St. W
- Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- N2L 1B7