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Debugging Applications for MicrosoftВ® .NET and Microsoft WindowsВ® (Pro-Developer)

ISBN: 0735615365
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2000
Pages: 122

Authors: John Robbins

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• Cover
• LOC Page
• Dedication
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Who Should Read This Book?
• How Should You Read This Book?
• System Requirements
• What s on the Companion CD?
• Feedback
• Chapter 1 -- Bugs: Where They Come From and How You Solve Them
• Bugs and Debugging
• Prerequisites to Debugging
• The Debugging Process
• Summary
• Chapter 2 -- Getting Started Debugging
• Track Changes Until You Throw Away the Project
• Schedule Time for Building Debugging Systems
• Frequent Builds and Smoke Tests Are Mandatory
• Build the Installation Program Immediately
• QA Must Test with Debug Builds
• Summary
• Chapter 3 -- Debugging During Coding
• Assert, Assert, Assert, and Assert
• Trace, Trace, Trace, and Trace
• Comment, Comment, Comment, and Comment
• Trust Yourself, But Verify (Unit Testing)
• Summary
• Chapter 4 -- How Do Debuggers Work?
• Types of Windows Debuggers
• Windows 2000 Operating System Support for Debuggees
• MinDBG: A Simple Win32 Debugger
• WDBG: A Real Debugger
• So You Want to Write Your Own Debugger
• What s Next for WDBG?
• Summary
• Chapter 5 -- Power Debugging with the Visual C Debugger
• Advanced Breakpoints and How to Use Them
• Remote Debugging
• Tips and Tricks
• Summary
• Chapter 6 -- Power Debugging with x86 Assembly Language and the Visual C Debugger Disassembly Window
• The Basics of the CPU
• A Word About the Visual C Inline Assembler
• Instructions You Need to Know
• Calling Conventions
• More Instructions You Need to Know
• Common Assembly-Language Constructs
• A Complete Example
• The Disassembly Window
• Tips and Tricks
• Summary
• Chapter 7 -- Power Debugging with the Visual Basic Debugger
• Visual Basic P-Code
• Error Trapping: Break In or Break On Options
• Visual Basic Debugger Windows
• Tips and Tricks
• Summary
• Chapter 8 -- Finding Source and Line Information with Just a Crash Address
• Creating and Reading a MAP File
• Using CrashFinder
• What s Next for CrashFinder?
• Summary
• Chapter 9 -- Crash Handlers
• Structured Exception Handling vs. C Exception Handling
• The SetUnhandledExceptionFilter API Function
• Using the CrashHandler API
• Translating EXCEPTION_POINTERS Structures
• Summary
• Chapter 10 -- Debugging Windows 2000 Services and DLLs That Load into Services
• Service Basics
• Debugging Services
• Summary
• Chapter 11 -- Multimachine, Multiprocess Tracing
• TraceSrv Requirements
• TraceSrv and DCOMCNFG
• Initial Problems with TraceSrv
• TraceView and Security
• Using TraceSrv
• Summary
• Chapter 12 -- Multithreaded Deadlocks
• Multithreading Tips and Tricks
• DeadlockDetection Requirements
• High-Level Design Issues with DeadlockDetection
• Using DeadlockDetection
• Implementing DeadlockDetection
• What s Next for DeadlockDetection?
• Summary
• Chapter 13 -- Automated Testing
• The Bane of Unit Testing: User Interfaces
• Tester Requirements
• Using Tester
• Implementing Tester
• What s Next for Tester?
• Summary
• Chapter 14 -- Limiting OutputDebugString Calls
• Also-Ran Solutions
• LIMODS Requirements
• Using LIMODS
• Implementing LIMODS
• What s Next for LIMODS?
• Summary
• Chapter 15 -- The Debug C Run-Time Library
• Features of the Debug C Run-Time Library
• Using the Debug C Run-Time Library
• Choosing the Right C Run-Time Library for Your Application
• Using MemDumperValidator
• Implementing MemDumperValidator
• Using MemStress
• Summary
• Appendix A -- Reading Dr. Watson Log Files
• Windows 2000 Dr. Watson Log
• Windows 98 Dr. Watson Log
• Appendix B -- Resources for Windows Developers
• Books
• Tools
• Web Sites
• About the Author
• About This Electronic Book