Some notes/links on Windows Debugging CLR applications
I only need it every once in a while, so finding the right links and tips to help me usually takes too much time. So here is a small list to get started: Debugging Managed Code Using the Windows...
View ArticleBug squasing: A heisenbug is not your average bug.
I took the liberty to make an English translation of this very interesting German story about squasing an Heisenbug from Kristian Köhntopp: Heisenbugsquashing bei +SysEleven: Sechs Monate Kernels...
View ArticleCppCon 2015: Greg Law ” Give me 15 minutes & I’ll change your view of GDB”–...
CppCon 2015: Greg Law ” Give me 15 minutes & I’ll change your view of GDB” – YouTube via: Things you did not know about GDB – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+ –jeroen Filed under: Debugging,...
View ArticleWhen AQTime thinks it’s running during install and aborts installation
I had this warning (which is actually an error: you cannot continue as pressing OK would get you the same warning over and over again) during AQTime installation a while ago:...
View ArticleSmartBear AQTime links
Since they’re hard to find on-line, and sometimes I need them when not having access to my collective browser or email history: http://downloads.smartbear.com/AQALicenseManager.exe...
View ArticleDelphi – unmangle names in BPL’s – Stack Overflow
Check out $(BDS)\source\cpprtl\Source\misc\unmangle.c – it contains the source code for the unmangling mechanism used by TDUMP, the debugger and the linker. (C++Builder and Delphi use the same mangling...
View ArticleDelphi call stack from exception…
Lars Fosdal: MADExcept and Eurekalog are good products (and there is a JVCL tool as well). If you run your app in the IDE, you get the stack there – but for now, you need to acquire a third party...
View ArticleHi there. Is it possible to get RTTI information for IDE “built-in” classes …
For my link archive: [WayBack] Hi there.Is it possible to get RTTI information for IDE “built-in” classes with an OTA Wizard?Let’s say I create a TRttiContext object in my wizard…. – Fl Ko – Google+...
View Articlegdbgui – browser based debugger for C, C++, go, rust, Fortran. Modern gdb...
[WayBack] gdbgui – browser based debugger for C, C++, go, rust, Fortran. Modern gdb frontend.: gdbgui (gnu debugger graphical user interface) Via: [WayBack] Browser-based debugger for C, C++, go, rust,...
View ArticleLaptop fan profiling, and debugging them – related to Profiling | CommitStrip
A while back, I posted the “profiling” CommitStrip on[WayBack] Profiling – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers – Google+. Boy how did I not know that within a week, I bumped into a “laptop fan profiling” artefact. A...
View ArticleIt’s a blong, blong, blong road…: ‘What if?’ scenario analysis in the CPU window
Patching code at debug-time: [WayBack] It’s a blong, blong, blong road…: ‘What if?’ scenario analysis in the CPU window. Remember: There are dragons Patching too many bytes will kill a kitten and...
View ArticleHow to debug small programs
As a follow up of SSCCE, MWE and MCVE are basically the same: provide code people can use to reproduce a problem, I found [WayBack] How to debug small programs which is starts as One of the most...
View ArticleSasha Laundy on Twitter: “The best debugger ever made is a good night’s sleep.”
Very similar to “you get the best ideas while sleeping“: [WayBack/Archive.is] Sasha Laundy on Twitter: “The best debugger ever made is a good night’s sleep.” Via: [WayBack] So true it hurts –...
View ArticleDrawbacks for separating TDS/TD32 symbol information in separate file for...
A while ago this interesting question came by: [WayBack] Delphi XE2 has got the Linking option “Place debug information in separate TDS file” … Does this have any adverse effects for Win32 Delphi...
View ArticleDebugging is like being the detective in a crime movie where you are also the…
[WayBack] Debugging is like being the detective in a crime movie where you are also the murderer. ROFL. You can grab it from Amazon https://goo.gl/SDP8fU – Markus Korsmeier – Google+ –jeroen –jeroen
View ArticleSEP92: A VIDEO COMPATIBILITY INTERFACE FOR TURBO DEBUGGER
[WayBack] SEP92: A VIDEO COMPATIBILITY INTERFACE FOR TURBO DEBUGGER Blast from the past, which reminds me of the days that Peter Sawatzki used this interface to write a DLL that allowed Turbo Debugger...
View ArticleSome links on thread names in Windows
For a very long time, it has been possible to name threads visible in debuggers: How to: Set a Thread Name in Native Code. In the mean time, under Windows 10, you can both Get and Set the thread name....
View ArticleBe sure to leave a review for The Pocket Guide to Debugging by Julia Evans |...
Julia makes great books, so be sure to leave a review at [Wayback/Archive] The Pocket Guide to Debugging by Julia Evans | Goodreads Via [Wayback/Archive] Julia Evans on Twitter: “if you read “The...
View ArticleBitSavers added some more Borland documentation in 2022 (most relevant for...
Below is a list of the Borland documentation that BitSavers added in 2022, ordered by relevance to me (and how I finally asked Peter Sawatzki if he still had the monochrome TDVIDEO.DLL he wrote for...
View ArticleSkip line while debugging in Chrome developer tools – Stack Overflow
[Wayback/Archive] Skip line while debugging in Chrome developer tools – Stack Overflow (thanks [Wayback/Archive] Matas Vaitkevicius for both asking and answering): No, and is [Wayback/Archive] not...
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