Debug Capability. Start from WebRainbow 1.1, the developers can debug VB program in the Visual Basic IDE. It makes developing easy.
The limitation of this debug capability:
because no real stdin and stdout are associated with VB program when it is running off-line.
We are working on the real debug tool to give VB developer the full capability to debug program in the Visual Basic Integrated Development Environment. It'll be free for the developers.
How to Debug. To debug program in VB IDE:
| Start -> Find -> Files or Folders... |
then search for
Here we use the sample program AccessDB to illustrate how to debug program in the VB IDE. Only the Sub Main() is shown bellow (Click the link to see the AccessDB.bas):
Sub Main()
Dim iTotalData As Integer
Dim sLoginMsg As String
Dim sRegisterMsg As String
' Set HTTP method to accept both GET and POST
SetRequestMethod RequestMethod.hmAuto
' Get Form data from browser
iTotalData = CountFormData
Call ReadFormData
' These 6 lines, in RED, are only used for debug.
' Assign value to input variables for Case 3.
iTotalData = 3
gsAction = "login"
gsUserName = "jsmith"
gsPassword = "jsmith01"
Select Case iTotalData
' Request for "http://.../AccessDB.exe" without Form data
Case 0
sLoginMsg = "If you are registered user, please login now:"
sRegisterMsg = "If you are first time to use this system, please register:"
Call ShowLogon(sLoginMsg, sRegisterMsg)
' User try to log in -----------------------------
' Form Data: gsAction should = "login"
' gsUserName
' gsPassword
Case 3
' Connecting to database
Call DBOpen
' Login seccessed
If UserLogin Then
Call GetRecord ' Retrieve records from database
Call ShowRecord ' Show records in browser
' Login failed
Else
sLoginMsg = "User Name or/and Password are not correct!"
sRegisterMsg = "If you are first time to use this system, please register:"
Call ShowLogon(sLoginMsg, sRegisterMsg)
End If
' Close database connection
Call DBClose
' User register to this system ---------------------------
' Form Data: gsAction should = "register"
' gsUserName
' gsPassword
' gsPassword1
Case 4
' Handle incomplete register info
sLoginMsg = "If you are registered user, please login now:"
If gsUserName = "" Then
sRegisterMsg = "Please enter User Name:"
Call ShowLogon(sLoginMsg, sRegisterMsg)
ElseIf gsPassword = "" Then
sRegisterMsg = "Please enter Password:"
Call ShowLogon(sLoginMsg, sRegisterMsg)
ElseIf gsPassword <> gsPassword1 Then
sRegisterMsg = "Please enter password again:"
Call ShowLogon(sLoginMsg, sRegisterMsg)
' All register info received
Else
' Open database connection
Call DBOpen
' Successfully registered
If UserSignUp Then
Call GetRecord ' Retrieve empty record
Call ShowRecord ' Show empty record in browser
' Dublicated UserName
Else
sRegisterMsg = "Please select other User name:"
Call ShowLogon(sLoginMsg, sRegisterMsg)
End If
' Close database connection
Call DBClose
End If
' Processing record change or others ---------------------
' need gsAction & gsPreAction as well as all other Form Data
Case Else
' No changes are made by user
If gsAction = "exit" And gsPreAction <> "change" Then
SendHtmlFile "HtmFile6\DBThanks.html"
' User changed the record
Else
' Open database connection
Call DBOpen
' Confirm the changes
If gsAction = "change" Then
Call ShowRecord
' Save changed record
ElseIf gsAction = "exit" And gsPreAction = "change" Then
Call SaveRecord
SendHtmlFile "HtmFile6\DBThanks.html"
End If
' Colse database connection
Call DBClose
End If
End Select
End Sub
The lines of code in RED are only inserted to assign value to input variables for debug.
The survey.mdb should be in the same folder with AccessDB.vbp. click on How to Create for detailed instruction on creating survey.mdb.
To debug AccessDB, first toggle breakpoint on Select Case iTotalData, then run the program. After breakpoint, using F8 to step by step debug the program, just same as for normal VB program.
Good Luck!
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Last modified on March 2, 2005