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From: Jim <jim@micronetics.com>
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Subject: Re: Debugger problem
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 14:03:36 +0100
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Chris Blackwell wrote:
> 
> I'm having difficulty with the CW debugger under Win95. When I load my
> program, the grey "minus signs" which you click on to set a breakpoint are
> in very strange places. It all goes wacky at my while loop. Here's the code
> snippet to show where it goes wrong. I've added my own minus signs...
> 
> -       while(iPadData != (kPad1_Start | kPad1_Select))
> -       {
> -               ::FntPrint("The pad data = %n", iPadData);
>                 ::FntFlush(-1);
>                 iPadData = thePad.Read();
>         }
> -
> -       // Reset the entire grapics system
> -       ::ResetGraph(3);
>         return(0);
> 
> The most obviously wrong positions are the marks on the blank line and the
> comment. I've tried to correspond what the marks actually belong to, and
> assuming that the leading brace of the while should not have a brace, they
> would line up if you moved the marks down two lines. Is this correct? And
> what gives? Why is this happening? If any Metrowerks people are reading
> this, I'd be happy to send you my code.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris B.


Hi Chris,

	Are you sure the exe is not earlier than the source?  
	Maybe your source did not make correctly?

	I think you could be debugging the exe with a newer source file, hence
	some of the line numbers have changed by 1 or 2 lines.

	Try deleting the exe and doing a full rebuild.

	Regards

-JiM