Re: Tricks for Windows coding and win version status

[Alberto Curro]

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> Then the most likely thing is that the application indeed does exit
> cleanly. Most likely cause is that an exception is thrown, its caught by a
> handler that writes it to stdout and then exits.
>
> In linux this message would be visible, but that is not the case for
> Windows.
>
> There are several ways you can make the message visible. One is to run the
> application from the command prompt, piping it to a file:
>
> pingus.exe > output.txt
>
> Other way is to create a CL_ConsoleWindow and then just before pingus
> exits, call the CL_ConsoleWindow::display_close_message(). This method is
> the nicest one for a Windows developer since it creates a console window
> where you can see things written as they happen. I recommend you only
> create and use the console window in debug builds, eg. by putting it into
> #ifdef DEBUG clauses.


  Okay, I will try it and comment you something in the next (few, though) 
days.

>
> >   Referring to debugging the application, I can place  breakpoints (of
> > course, I'm in debug mode) but when the application reaches the
> > breakpoint, the only window I can see for debug is CPU Window. I cannot
> > place watches, or inspect code, nothing...
>
> Hmm, that sounds strange. Dont know what could be causing that.

  I don't know, too. I'm thinking about recommending Visual C++ for the most 
buggy development IDE + compiler of the year (if not the entire century! :)). 
given my experience with it, both at work and personal, I can say now ... I 
prefer emacs + gcc !!!!
   
   :)

  Regards

    Alberto curro

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