Chapter 4 Debugging: CodeView for Windows

The Microsoft CodeView for Windows (CVW) debugger is a powerful, easy-to-use tool for the Microsoft Windows operating system. With CVW, you have the power to test the execution of your application and examine your data simultaneously. You can isolate problems quickly because you can display any combination of variables—global or local—while you interrupt or trace an application's execution.

CVW provides a variety of ways to analyze an application. You can use the debugger to examine source code, disassemble machine code, or examine a mixed display that shows you precisely which machine instructions correspond to each of your C-language statements. You can also monitor the occurrence of specific Windows messages.

CVW is similar to Microsoft CodeView (CV) version 3.0 for MicrosoftÒ MS-DOSÒ. If you are familiar with CV for MS-DOS, see Section 4.2.2, “Differences Between CVW and CodeView for MS-DOS” for a concise description of the unique features of CVW.

This chapter serves as a complement to the CVW Help system. A significant portion of the CVW documentation is online. For information about using the CVW Help system, see Section 4.8, “Accessing Help.”

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CVW supports the Microsoft Mouse or any fully compatible pointing device. This chapter describes both mouse and keyboard procedures.