trace vb execution

[frank ashley]

I need to trace the execution of my app'.

Without putting in code into every module etc to write to a file (which would take forever) does anybody know of any add-ins etc.

[chrisfricke]

There are several ways of tracing your code, but only through the design environmet

1. Watches - Add a watch to a particular variable (right-mouse click on it and select add watch)
2. Step through the code - Use F8 to run one line at a time and Shift-F8 to run a function without stepping in to it.
3. Breakpoints - Either use F9 or click on the grey bar next to the line of code to halt execution at that line when it gets to it.

Once the code has been halted for any reason you can use the immediate window (Ctrl-G) to print out the contents of variables or to re-run functions etc. Also if you hold your mouse over the variable, it will show you it's current value

Cheers

Chris

[frank ashley]

Thanks for that Chris, but I was hoping for a 3rd party tool
that my code would run inside.