Setting Up the GISDK Debugger

You can set up the GISDK Debugger by opening one or more resource files and setting breakpoints. When you start running the macros in the UI Database into which these resources files have been compiled, execution will halt at the breakpoints. Breakpoints for dialog boxes must be set in a do/endItem section of code, such as the Init macro.

The GISDK Debugger is normally started by clicking on the GISDK toolbox. You can also start the GISDK Debugger, or open the debugger window, with StartDebugger().

The Variables window keeps track of all of the variables. If there are certain variables that you want to track, you can add them as items in the Watch window. You can also keep track of the value of any expression in this window.

Breakpoints and watch expressions persist between sessions.

To Set Up the GISDK Debugger

Choose Tools>GIS Developer's Kit>GISDK Toolbar to display the GISDK toolbox.
Click to start the GISDK Debugger, and click GISDK Debugger on the Windows Taskbar to display the GISDK Debugger program window.
Make settings as follows:

To do this...	Do this...
Open a resource file	Click $image\ebx_652756201.gif$ or choose File>Open, choose the resource file that you wish to debug, and click Open. The resource file is displayed in a source code window. You can have more than one resource file open.
Set a breakpoint	Click on a line in a source code window and click $image\ebx_debug.gif$ , choose Debug>Toggle Breakpoint, or press F9. A red dot is added before the line. Breakpoints for dialog boxes must be set in a do/endItem section of code, such as the Init macro.
Make a breakpoint conditional	Choose a breakpoint in the Breakpoints window, right-click to display the context menu, and choose Condition. Enter a GISDK expression to control whether execution stops at this breakpoint.
Find a breakpoint	Double-click on the breakpoint in the Breakpoints window. The line will be highlighted in the appropriate source code window, which will be brought to the front and scrolled if necessary.
Remove a breakpoint	Click on a line in a source code window that is marked as a breakpoint and click $image\ebx_debug.gif$ , choose Debug>Toggle Breakpoint, or press F9. You can also highlight a breakpoint in the Breakpoints window and press Del or Backspace. The red dot before the line and the breakpoint in the Breakpoints window are removed.
Remove all breakpoints	Right-click on the Breakpoints window and choose Delete All to display the Delete All dialog box. Click Yes to delete all the breakpoints, or No to keep them all.

Click Maptitude on the Windows Taskbar.

Windows returns to the Maptitude program window.