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Sep
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2007
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awDebugger v1.1 released!Written by Matías Flores |
awDebugger v1.1 was just released! You can download a free trial of this release from our Downloads section.
The new features/improvements included in this version are:
· A Watch Window was implemented, for keeping a list of expressions to be evaluated after processing each debugging command.
· Tooltips are now displayed in the source code viewer when the mouse cursor is over a variable or equate name, displaying the variable name, data type and current value.
· If there is any text selected in the source code viewer and the mouse cursor is over the selected text, awDebugger now evaluates the selected text as a Clarion expression and displays the resulting value in a tooltip.
· Ability of selecting the thread currently in view (the thread whose information is displayed in both the Stack Trace and Registers windows).
· All OutputDebugString calls done from the application being debugged can be optionally forwarded after they are processed and consumed by awDebugger (this allows you to capture them in DebugView from SysInternals, or similar software).
· Ability of specifying command line parameters to be passed on when launching the application to debug.
· Project-specific options from the general Options dialog now can be defined when launching the application to debug (project folder, redirection file, etc.). This options will be remembered the next time you launch the same application from awDebugger.
· Now you can choose which kind of message will be written to the log when a tracepoint is hit (info, warning or error message).
· A new context menu was added to the Global Data and Stack Trace windows with the following options: Locate in Memory Window, Copy value to clipboard, Copy offset to clipboard, Expand all & Contract all.
· The Properties Grid now also displays properties for global and local variables.
Thanks to all awDebugger users for their suggestions!

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February 5th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Hello,
I’ve spoken to you via email privately, and I’ve still yet to see a new/final version of this product - and it’s been almost six months.
I’ve purchased a beta copy of this program, and it still behaves like a beta copy. I continually get lockups and GPFs with it.
I thought that buying something that wasn’t Soft Velocity’s would give me better support - apparently I was wrong.
This product is still BETA quality and still bombs considerably … and with absolutely no updates, it’s frustrating since I’ve sent you money.
February 6th, 2008 at 8:08 am
Hello, Robert.
Yes, it’s still in beta stage, sorry about that.
As I told you in my private reply, we have been busy lately as at this time of the year consulting work tends to grow and therefore continuous releases are a bit more difficult to mantain.
The plan is to get back to the small-frequent-releases schema by the end of this month.
Right now I am rewriting the disassembler, which is one of the most complex parts of awDebugger and probably the responsable of most of the GPFs you got. Once this is finished, it will be much easier to get smaller releases with minor bug fixes and improvements that will allow us to jump from beta to gold.
Thanks for your patience, hopefully we will be able of changing your mind and frustration soon with the next updates.
Regards,
Matías Flores.