bert@helix.nih.gov (Bert Tyler) (03/26/91)
Can anyone shed some light for me on the status of single-monitor or dual XGA/VGA monitor Windows debugging? I want to add some palette-management capability to Winfract, but I'm nervous about starting this project without the aid of a Windows debugger. I used to use CodeView on an 8514A/VGA combo on my PS/2. These days, however, I am using an XGA adapter, and Microsoft's CodeView doesn't support an XGA/VGA combination (I tried it anyway - no dice). Now I am hearing that Borland's new C++ product supports single-monitor debugging, but only when you are using the vanilla VGA driver (which, of course, isn't palette-based). Is that limitation true? I am sitting on a Borland upgrade offer right now, and if it *does* work with the XGA driver, that may be just the item that convinces me to send the upgrade offer in. I am also hearing stories about an update to Codeview that supports single-monitor debugging. Is that upgrade imminent, or already available? And does anyone know if that new version will work while using an XGA driver? (I have also heard about a third-party option called something like CV1, but am reluctant to take that route if either of the big boys has a solution. As it is, I'm going broke constantly upgrading every Microsoft and Borland product I own.) Bert Tyler bert@helix.nih.gov
jeff@cdp.UUCP (03/28/91)
The rumors you've heard are true. The Borland debugger will not work on anything other than the standard Windows driver except in dual-monitor mode (so forget about super VGA etc.). Microsoft has started distributing a beta version of CodeView which does work on a single monitor. They were apparently giving it out at the Software Development conference held in Silicon Valley about a month ago. Jeff Dean jeff@cdp.igc.org uunet!pyramid!cdp!jeff
poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) (04/03/91)
In article <1266500001@cdp> jeff@cdp.UUCP writes: > >The rumors you've heard are true. The Borland debugger will not >work on anything other than the standard Windows driver except in >dual-monitor mode (so forget about super VGA etc.). Microsoft has >started distributing a beta version of CodeView which does work on >a single monitor. They were apparently giving it out at the >Software Development conference held in Silicon Valley about a >month ago. > Even IN dual monitor mode, colors get forgotten (they turn to B&W) when debugging and you VGA is other than the standard driver. (I use V-7 Fastwrite in 800 X 600 mode). I have gotten the colors to be restored by running some combination os windows apps, haven't nailed down the exact sequence though. Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254