Debugging – Writings from the sticks

Debugging tip

Sometime when you’re debugging your application you run into a situation where you get funky behaviour.

You might do something like Javier mentioned in his recent blog post on Xojo’s blog :

Dim ASource() As Integer = Array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
Dim ATarget() As Integer
ATarget = ASource

And, as he noted, you cant figure out why when you change one array you also appear to alter the other.… Read the rest

No. Not at my place 😛

Sometimes you NEED to test your app and whatever remediation you have put in place and need a reliable way to make your app crash

Here it is

Dim p As ptr
p.Byte(0) = 123

Those two lines. Insert them anywhere you might put normal code and book your app will crash.… Read the rest