DBPanel 0.91



This app is copyright ) 1993 Matthew Dixon Cowles and his licensors. All rights

reserved. It is free. Please use it if you like it and use ideas and code from it

in your own apps, but if it is distributed substantially complete, only a nominal

download or duplication fee may be charged.



Differences from version 0.9: Changed PD button to cycle through -1 and 0 in

addition to 1, 2, and 3.



As usual, this app appears to work for me. That does not mean that it is

bug-free. Use it at your own risk. No warranties are expressed, implied, or even

hinted at.



DBPanel allows the user to set the trace, breakOnThrows, and printDepth debug

globals without having to type into the inspector window.



The simplest thing to do is to run DBPanel and then run the app under test. As

long as that app isn't based on a floating view, the floater should remain

accessible. The floater can be moved by dragging so as to avoid obscuring the

interesting parts of the app underneath.



I wrote DBPanel after seeing a similar app (by The Object Partnership? I confess

that I can't recall the name exactly) that saved one from having to find a pause

in the inspector output in which to type "trace:=NIL", which I often mis-type

anyway. I took the idea a little farther, adding the breakOnThrows and printDepth

globals and a viewIdleScript that keeps the checkboxes in sync if you do change

the values by typing in the inspector window. The checkbox Trace sets and

indicates the whether trace is set to NIL or 'functions, the BoT checkbox sets

and indicates whether breakOnThrows is set to NIL or TRUE, and the PD button

cycles the printDepth global through -1, 0, 1, 2, 3 and back to -1.



As usual, please send comments, bug reports, expressions of praise, and lucrative

job offers to AppleLink address MONDO (MONDO@applelink.apple.com) or NewtonMail

address MattC (MattC@online.apple.com).