Developer Magic™ Debugger User's Guide

Table of Contents

Introduction

What This Guide Contains

What You Should Know Before Reading This Guide

Related Information

Conventions

1. Getting Started with the WorkShop Debugger

Typical Debugger Usage

Debugging with Fix+Continue

Debugging with the X/Motif Analyzer

Customizing the Debugger

2. Managing Source Files

Accessing Files Used by an Executable

Opening a New File

Path Remapping

3. A Short Debugger Tutorial

Starting the Debugger

Performing a Search

Setting Traps

Examining Data

4. Setting Traps

Trap Terminology

Setting Traps in Main View and Source View

Setting Traps in Trap Manager

Setting Traps With Signal Panel and Syscall Panel

5. Controlling Process Execution

Main View Control Panel

Controlling Process Execution With PC Menu

Execution View

6. Examining Debugger Data

Tracing Through Call Stack View

Evaluating Expressions

7. Debugging with Fix+Continue: A Tutorial

Setting Up the Sample Session

Redefining a Function

Setting Breakpoints in Redefined Code

Viewing Status

Comparing Original and Redefined Code

Ending the Session

8. Detecting Heap Corruption

Typical Heap Corruption Problems

Detecting Heap Corruption Errors

Heap Corruption Detection Tutorial

9. Multiple Process Debugging

Debugging With Multiprocess View

Controlling Execution and Setting Traps in a Multiprocess Program

Debugging a Multiprocess Fortran Program

10. Using the X/Motif Analyzer: A Tutorial

Setting Up the Sample Session

Navigating the Widget Structure

Examining Widgets

Setting Callback Breakpoints

Using Additional Features of the Analyzer

A. Debugger Reference

Main View

Basic Windows

Ada-specific Windows

X/Motif Analyzer Windows

Project Session Management Windows

Trap Management Windows

Data Examination Windows

Machine-level Debugging Windows

Multiple Process Debugging Windows

Fix+Continue Windows

Debugger Command Line

B. Using the Build Manager

Build View

Build Analyzer

Index