debugging vb6

Now that Im pretty comfortable with Vba, Im porting my app over to VB6
my first problem with that is debugging, how do you do it?
Are there any docs anywhere with procedures for debugging VB6 .dll's?
Thats one of the nice things about VBA is instant feedback right in the
drawing editor!

 

Did you search? (Watch for word wrap)

http://www.google.com/groups?as_q=d...as_maxd=25&as_maxm=6&as_maxy=2004&safe=images

--
R. Robert Bell


Now that Im pretty comfortable with Vba, Im porting my app over to VB6
my first problem with that is debugging, how do you do it?
Are there any docs anywhere with procedures for debugging VB6 .dll's?
Thats one of the nice things about VBA is instant feedback right in the
drawing editor!

 

Well, I did do a search in this NG but didnt come up with any of this, my
search on google gave me tons of irrevelant stuff but that
was probably due to improper search criteria.
Thanks Robert
(helluva url you got there!)
Perry

 

Happy to help. Amazing what google can squeeze on there, eh?!

--
R. Robert Bell


Well, I did do a search in this NG but didnt come up with any of this, my
search on google gave me tons of irrevelant stuff but that
was probably due to improper search criteria.
Thanks Robert
(helluva url you got there!)
Perry

 

Perry,

Give me a call. I will be happy to set you right up with a simple test.dvb
that you can debug your dll code with.

Basically, you load the arx's in ACAD that you need. Note that some cannot
run in design time. You also load the test.dvb. You hit play in your vb6
editor and then in the ACAD vba test.dvb you browse to the vbp file that is
currently running. It will now work. Anytime you close the project you will
have to reference it. Sometimes you have to do it again and again in a
session depending on whether or not you are working databases and that type
of thing.

I'm here, so let me know if you need help.

--
David Wishengrad
President & CTO
MillLister, Inc.
Software for BOM, measuring, stretching and controlling visibility of
multiple 3D solids.
Http://Construction3D.com

 

Dave, that is more work than it needs to be. All the debugging can be
performed directly in VB6's IDE.

--
R. Robert Bell


Perry,

Give me a call. I will be happy to set you right up with a simple test.dvb
that you can debug your dll code with.

Basically, you load the arx's in ACAD that you need. Note that some cannot
run in design time. You also load the test.dvb. You hit play in your vb6
editor and then in the ACAD vba test.dvb you browse to the vbp file that is
currently running. It will now work. Anytime you close the project you will
have to reference it. Sometimes you have to do it again and again in a
session depending on whether or not you are working databases and that type
of thing.

I'm here, so let me know if you need help.

--
David Wishengrad
President & CTO
MillLister, Inc.
Software for BOM, measuring, stretching and controlling visibility of
multiple 3D solids.
Http://Construction3D.com

 

Well, I believe it. It is the only way I know. It was set up for me this
way. I think it has something to do with our particular project. I seem to
remember us doing it without loading a dvb in ACAD that caled the class
module at first, but for some reason that escapes me at this time, it is now
gone.

--
David Wishengrad
President & CTO
MillLister, Inc.
Software for BOM, measuring, stretching and controlling visibility of
multiple 3D solids.
Http://Construction3D.com

 

Then again, you may be misunderstanding what I am saying due to my lack of
expertise and the ability to clearly explain what I mean. It is late here
right now, so I am off to bed. I would love to discuss this further in the
future. Real quick, in a nut shell, the test.dvb we use only allows the user
to issue a command that calls the vbp class module. All the debugging is
still done within vb6 vbp and its source files. If you have a better way, I
am all ears!. This procedure we use can really be a pain in rear at times!

--
David Wishengrad
President & CTO
MillLister, Inc.
Software for BOM, measuring, stretching and controlling visibility of
multiple 3D solids.
Http://Construction3D.com

 

That is a cool approach. I have never seen it done like that. I will give
it in my next coding session.

Thanks a bunch for sharing that.

--
David Wishengrad
President & CTO
MillLister, Inc.
Software for BOM, measuring, stretching and controlling visibility of
multiple 3D solids.
Http://Construction3D.com

 

I've always just changed the debugging properties to wait for an object to
be created then hit the "play" button.

Then I use VLISP or VBA to create an instance of my server and test it.

Runtime errors automatically break in the VB IDE and breakpoints are honored
as well.

 

Well, I appreciate ALL the help and pointers I can get here!

 

Quite allright Robert, hope you had a great trip! sounds like you been
married about as long as I have.
Arent those "woods" down there in Calif getting kinda crowded?

Anyway, when I try to set a reference to the original dll PROJECT, I just
get error messages saying that
it cannot set a reference to that file.
This is getting quite frustrating
Thanks for the help, Perry

 

Where did you get the idea it was in CA? %^)

Let's try this again... <vbg>

Did you have the debugging standard .exe project selected when you attempted
to add the .dll's project as a reference?


--
R. Robert Bell


Quite allright Robert, hope you had a great trip! sounds like you been
married about as long as I have.
Arent those "woods" down there in Calif getting kinda crowded?

Anyway, when I try to set a reference to the original dll PROJECT, I just
get error messages saying that
it cannot set a reference to that file.
This is getting quite frustrating
Thanks for the help, Perry