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- INSTALLATION
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- Copy the files from the installation disk onto your hard-drive. Make
- sure the PMDEBUG.HLP file is located in a directory indicated by the
- HELP= statement in your config.sys.
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- If you create a program object for the executable, set the working
- directory to the directory containing the PMDEBUG.EXE and PMDEBUG.INI
- files.
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- OS REQUIREMENTS
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- This demo version requires OS/2 version 2.0 or higher to run. If you
- are using the 2.1 version, you may experience a flickering effect in
- the main display window. This is caused by a regression in that
- version. IBM has reported it fixed.
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- DEMO VERSION
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- While this demo application is fully operations, there is a time limit
- of 30 minutes per session. A timer is started when the application is
- loaded and when it expires, the application will shut itself down. The
- time remaining is displayed in a button to on the right side of the
- main window's menu.
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- The compiler needed to create formatted memory displays is not
- included. A sample of the .MDF files it creates is included in the
- demo package for you to test this feature however.
-
- Finally the ability to reload a set of frozen commands has been
- disabled.
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-
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- COLORS & FONTS
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- You can change the colors and fonts of most of the controls in the
- application by using the color and font palletts. Just drag the
- desired color/font to the control and drop it. Saving the system or
- window setup will save the change.
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-
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- DRAGING TEXT/VALUES
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- Text can be dragged from the main display window and from formatted
- memory displays into other comtrols. Select the text to be dragged and
- hold the right mouse button (a broken pencil should appear). While
- holding the button down position the pencil over the control to accept
- the text. When positioned over a control that accepts the text, the
- pencil will become whole.
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- SHORT CUTS
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-
- - A word in the main window can be quickly be selected for dragging by
- double clicking on it. Blanks delimit words.
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- - If you've dumpped memory into the main display and wish to edit a
- value, mark its address and bring up the display window context menu.
- Select the "Memory Edit" option and that window will be displayed and
- loaded ready for editting.
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- - If you have a series of commands that you will be executing often,
- freeze them so they don't get scrolled out the buffer. In the
- non-demo version you can save them to a file to be reloaded in later
- debug sessions.
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- HELP TOPICS YOU REALLY SHOULD READ:
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- PM Debug contains an on-line help file. The following list is a set of
- topics you should read to obtain a feeling of the application.
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- Main Window / Display Area / Context menu
- Main Window / Display Area / Dragging Text
- Main Window / Display Area / Editing memory
- Main Window / Display Area / Colors and fonts
- Main Window / Command buttons / Programming
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- Command List window / Freezing a buffered command
- Command List window / Loading/Saving frozen commands
- Command List window / Execute on select option
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- Edit Memory Window / Changing colors and fonts
- Edit Memory Window / Edit as...
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- Memory Display Window / Setting the drop configuration
- Memory Display Window / Saving format changes
- Memory Display Window / Editing an item's value
- Memory Display Window / Dragging memory values
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- Auto-Step Execution
- Auto-Step Execution / Settings
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