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  1. May 7th, 2002, 06:32 PM #1
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    where would we be without breakpoints

    i have about 2 or 3 hundred lines of code, with an error in them, i put in about 150 breakpoints.

    I propose a tribute, the programmers best friend BREAKPOINTS! haha
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  2. May 7th, 2002, 06:34 PM #2
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    I thought a programmer's best friend was cocaine and lighter fluid?

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  3. May 7th, 2002, 06:38 PM #3
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    Just your's crptc...
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  4. May 7th, 2002, 06:39 PM #4
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    well thats my second best friend
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  6. May 7th, 2002, 06:40 PM #5
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    I know I'm going to sound like a moron saying this.....never used breakpoints......

    I haven't used VB for at least 2 years, give me a break
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  7. May 7th, 2002, 06:47 PM #6
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    ??? how do you figure out if your mid statement wasn't off by just a bit, or if you get an unbeievably odd return? see where it went wrong
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  8. May 7th, 2002, 06:49 PM #7
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    I'd see what it would return and try to figure out what it did and fix it from there. I never got that good at vb.....that probably doesn't help much anyway
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  9. May 7th, 2002, 07:08 PM #8
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    man that was nice! i just finished a function which is about 200 lines, had all kinds of mid statements in it (easy to be off one charector and be out a bit) and it worked perfect the first time. That is a great feeling
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  11. May 7th, 2002, 07:10 PM #9
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    nice
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  12. May 7th, 2002, 07:12 PM #10
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    doesn't happen often but when it does MAN ITS GREAT
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  13. May 7th, 2002, 07:17 PM #11
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    I never use breakpoints either. I always use messageboxes. Like if i wanna see what is happening to a variable orwhatever i'll stick a Msgbox VariableName in the appropriate place. Works real well for me, but that's just cause i'm used to doing it that way.


    I do know all about the Watch,Immediate,Locals and that other window. I just found that they just get in my way and slow me down.



    Every now and then i screw up and put a messagebox inside a loop then i regret it.
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  14. May 7th, 2002, 07:24 PM #12
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    just break it
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  15. May 7th, 2002, 08:04 PM #13
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    I either do Debug.print statements, or i put an err.raise ### statement in there, so it generates a runtime error, and you can see the value of all the vars just by moving the mouse over them. Very convenient in my opinion.
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  16. May 7th, 2002, 08:06 PM #14
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    that is exactly the same as breakpoints except breakpoints don't require code
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  17. May 7th, 2002, 08:07 PM #15
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    seriously? Damn...and all this time...
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  18. May 7th, 2002, 08:08 PM #16
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    Hmm just tried them out for the first time...very cool indeed...
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