Additional debugging tools for Visual C++ 6
I am working with old Visual C++ 6 and cannot leave it for new version. I am not satisfied by its debugger it is uncomfortable. For instance, I cannot resize window Quick Watch; and so on.
The question is: is there an extension (as plug-in, maybe) that gives Visual C++ 6 additional debugging abilities?
[314 byte] By [
KellyLynch] at [2007-11-20 1:38:36]

# 1 Re: Additional debugging tools for Visual C++ 6
I am working with old Visual C++ 6 and cannot leave it for new version. I am not satisfied by its debugger it is uncomfortable. For instance, I cannot resize window Quick Watch; and so on.
The question is: is there an extension (as plug-in, maybe) that gives Visual C++ 6 additional debugging abilities?What you seek isn't really additional "debugging abilities", rather your complaint with MSVC 6.0 is connected to usability.
If debugging tools are what you are interested in - there are plenty that you can go for - like BoundsChecker, etc that plug into MSVC 6.0 and are not free.
If usability is what you seek - really, a non-resizable Quick Watch window is a trivial issue. If it is a very important issue, you should consider upgrading to VS 2003 for many reasons - one of them being a resizable Quick Watch window. :D
Perhaps, you need to be more specific on your requirements.
# 2 Re: Additional debugging tools for Visual C++ 6
For instance, how can I work in debugger with long strings? They are truncated by the debugger.
# 3 Re: Additional debugging tools for Visual C++ 6
For one, you can write the long strings using the TRACE macro directly to the output window of the debugger - this would be a convenient way to viewing large data.
# 4 Re: Additional debugging tools for Visual C++ 6
No, this requires to modify the sources.