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Abort Program button (SUPERASSERT), 123

AboutBoxIcon registry key, 427

accessing symbols information, 202

ACT (Application Compatibility Toolkit), 702

ActiveX controls (OCXs), where they load, 52–57

AD command (WinDBG), 379

Add( ) (TraceListener classes), 100

ADD instruction (x86), 313

AddCrashHandlerLimitModule function, 550

add-ins for Visual Studio .NET, 408, 424–436

fixing Add-In Wizard output, 426–429

in managed code, debugging, 423

managed property pages, creating, 433–436

SettingsMaster, 444–452

SuperSaver, 438–444

tool windows, creating, 430–432

toolbar button issues, 429–430

Additional Mini Dump Information section (SUPERASSERT), 125

AddVectoredExceptionHandler function, 517

advanced breakpoints (Visual Studio .NET Debugger), 214–228

Breakpoints dialog box, 217–222

Breakpoints window, 215

child breakpoints, 222

in dynamically loaded DLLs, 301

four tips on setting, 215–217

location breakpoint modifiers, 224–227

conditional expressions, 226–227, 236–240, 274–275

hit counts, 224–226

multiple on single line, 227–228

native code, 269–280

conditional expressions, 274–275

data breakpoints, 277–280

system and exported functions, 271–274

per-thread breakpoints, 240

quickly breaking on functions, 217–224

setting in dynamically loaded DLLs, 301

advanced breakpoints (WDBG), 195–200

advanced breakpoints (WinDBG), 379–382

Breakpoint Disable command (WinDBG), 380

Breakpoint Enable command (WinDBG), 380

Breakpoint List command (WinDBG), 380

memory access breakpoints, 381–382

AeDebug key, 164

AL command (WinDBG), 379

aliasing, WinDBG, 379

AllocationHook function (MemStress), 695–697

Allow Service To Interact With Desktop, 570

Anakrino utility, 266, 768

!analyze extension command (WinDBG), 388

AND instruction (x86), 327

Angel, Dave, 115

AppDomain-wide breakpoints, 222–223

Append Log File command (WinDBG), 375

Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT), 702

application crashes, 7

application stressing, 694–697

AppVerifier utility, 702–707

AS command (WinDBG), 379

_ASSERT macro (C run-time library), 119–120

_ASSERTE macro (C run-time library), 119–120

ASM files, learning from, 351

__asm keyword, 310

ASP.NET applications assertions in, 103–113

tracing, 146–148

Visual Studio .NET Debugger with, 233

ASPTraceListener class, 104–107

assembly language (x86), 269–302

calling conventions, 316–322

common constructs, 336–337

structure and class references, 338

complete example, 339–341

debugging tips and tricks, 349–351

Disassembly window, using, 341–345

garbage code, 350

walking the stack manually, 346–347

instruction format and memory addressing, 307–309

instructions, list of, 310–316, 327–336

comparing and testing, 329

data manipulation, 327–329

jumping and branching, 329

looping, 332

string manipulation, 333–336

registers, 303–307, 350

variables and parameters, 322–326

Assert( ) (Debug, Trace classes), 95–97, 103–104

assert macro (C run-time library), 119–120

AssertControl control (example), 105–108

AssertHttpApplication class, 104

assertions, 85–142

ASP.NET applications and services, 103–113

checking assumptions, 90. See also condition checking

DCRT assertion support, 668

how to assert, 88–89

ignoring, 126–127

native C++ applications, 113–142

types of assertions, 118–142

VERIFY macro, 116

.NET applications, 95–103

what to assert, 86–95

ASSERT_KINDOF macro (MFC), 120–121

ASSERT_VALID macro (MFC), 120–121

.ATTACH command (WinDBG), 369

Attach to Process command (WinDBG), 369

attaching to processes

services, 571–575

WinDBG, 369–371

auto memory evaluation, 295

Auto value (AeDebug key), 164

autoexpanding types (Watch window)

managed code, 241–243

native code, 283–291

AUTOEXP.DAT file, 284–286

automatic debugging, 168–170

automatic user interface testing, 35, 84, 151–153, 627–665

implementing, 638–665

keystroke and mouse recording, 653–665

notification and playback, 638–653

manual, 627–628

scheduling, 634

scripts for, 630–635

debugging scripts for, 634

future of, 665

recording scripts for, 635–638

requirements for, 629