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- From: rryan@panix.com (Rob Ryan)
- Subject: Re: MSC 7.0 windows debug mode and 'Cant read from device AUX'
- Message-ID: <1992Dec11.160246.3274@panix.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 16:02:46 GMT
- Distribution: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
- References: <RHARMON.92Dec10144328@triton.uucp>
- Organization: Panix, NYC
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- In <RHARMON.92Dec10144328@triton.uucp> rharmon@uucp (Robert Harmon) writes:
-
- >I got a System error: Can't read from device AUX'
- >
- >when running MSC 7.0 Windows Enhanced Debug Mode
- >
- >This happens if I try to resize the Solitate app. The only other
- >thing running is clock.
- >
- >Anyone know why Its got to read from AUX (when I didn;t ask it to).
-
- Yeah, the debugging kernel has found some errors and wants to report it to
- your debugging window. If you run dbwin.exe (in c700\bin), that should
- fire up a window that will receive the AUX output and report the errors for
- you. Incidentally, using the debugging kernel in conjunction with
- dbwin.exe is an invaluable programming tool. Not only does it report a lot
- of otherwise unseen errors, but you can use the dbwin window to send trace
- messages (a la DebugOutput(DBF_TRACE | DBF_APPLICATION, "trace message")).
-
- -- Rob
-
- (P.S. Don't be surprised that applications that work fine report errors.
- I've found that most Windows programs overlook some subtleties of the
- Windows API. Also, if you've been wondering why the number of Free
- Resources drops after running programs, dbwin can be used to report which
- applications are allocating resources but forgetting to free them when
- they're done. It can give you a feel for how well programmed those
- commercial packages that you bought really are.)
-
- --
- Rob Ryan
- rryan@panix.com
-