consolewrite as a debuging option: howto?

[rudi]

Hello,

how to use consolewrite to create debug-help output in -well- any console?

The helpfile states it will send to any "console" except dos box. But what IS a console?

This simple loop is doing nothing:

While 1
    Sleep(5000)
    ConsoleWrite("my little test line")
WEnd

I cannot find how to tell what a "console" is and how to send the text to THIS console...

Basically what I'm thinking of is a plain output window, topmost attribute, to which I can send status lines instead of popping around with msgboxes.

Propably I miss something very basic?

Regards, Rudi.

[martin]

Hello,

how to use consolewrite to create debug-help output in -well- any console?

The helpfile states it will send to any "console" except dos box. But what IS a console?

This simple loop is doing nothing:

While 1
    Sleep(5000)
    ConsoleWrite("my little test line")
WEnd

I cannot find how to tell what a "console" is and how to send the text to THIS console...

Basically what I'm thinking of is a plain output window, topmost attribute, to which I can send status lines instead of popping around with msgboxes.

Propably I miss something very basic?

Regards, Rudi.

If you use an editor like Scite then when you run the script the lines from consolewrite are displayed in the window at the bottom (which you might need to expand by dragging to see.)

There are other ways to debug a script which might be of interest. I wrote a program called AutoMoIt which requires no changes to your script and allows to to display any global variables while it's running. I also wrote (and am still developing) a debugger. Both of these are in Example Scripts. There is also Klaatu's debugger and stumpii's debugger in example scripts. In my totaly biased opinion, if you only need to see global variables then AutoMonit is the easiest to use, but only seeing global variables is a big restriction. After that is it a question of try it and see.

However, for quick and versatile debugging consolewrite is something I wouldn't want to be without so I recommend you get that working first.

[Blue_Drache]

This is the console write debugger that I wrote and use:

DBP("Version 1.0", "Blah blah blah", @error, 0)

#region Function: Debugger #2:  Displays Console writes about errors with optional Message boxes.
Func DBP($s_ver = "", $s_msg = "", $i_err = 0, $i_flag = 0)
    ; s_msg is the message displayed, $i_err is the error code
    ; $i_flag toggles messagebox display.  Easily converts your debug notes into a custom errorhandler
    If $s_ver = "" Then $s_ver = "DBP: Error notification" 
    If $s_msg = "" Then $s_msg = "Undefined message and/or error" 
    $s_msg = "[" & @HOUR & ":" & @MIN & ":" & @SEC & "] " & $s_msg
    ConsoleWrite($s_msg & "  Error: " & $i_err & @LF)
    If $i_flag = 1 Then MsgBox(0x1010, $s_ver, $s_msg & @LF & "Error: " & $i_err)
    SetError($i_err) ; returns $i_err as @error
EndFunc   ;==>DBP
#endregion

[rudi]

Hello.

Thanks for this example code.

This is the console write debugger that I wrote and use:

DBP("Version 1.0", "Blah blah blah", @error, 0)

#region Function: Debugger #2:  Displays Console writes about errors with optional Message boxes.
Func DBP($s_ver = "", $s_msg = "", $i_err = 0, $i_flag = 0)
    ; s_msg is the message displayed, $i_err is the error code
    ; $i_flag toggles messagebox display.  Easily converts your debug notes into a custom errorhandler
    If $s_ver = "" Then $s_ver = "DBP: Error notification" 
    If $s_msg = "" Then $s_msg = "Undefined message and/or error" 
    $s_msg = "[" & @HOUR & ":" & @MIN & ":" & @SEC & "] " & $s_msg
    ConsoleWrite($s_msg & "  Error: " & $i_err & @LF)
    If $i_flag = 1 Then MsgBox(0x1010, $s_ver, $s_msg & @LF & "Error: " & $i_err)
    SetError($i_err) ; returns $i_err as @error
EndFunc   ;==>DBP
#endregion

It's concept is like what I have tried, and when I run it, nothing happens. So obviously I miss something important? Where should this consolewrite show up?

What is the destianation this consolewrite will send it's output to?

Thanks, Rudi.

[Baloven]

For a conclusion in the console use special editors, for example SciTE (download it here )

Edited November 22, 2007 by Baloven

[rudi]

If you use an editor like Scite then when you run the script the lines from consolewrite are displayed in the window at the bottom (which you might need to expand by dragging to see.)

There are other ways to debug a script which might be of interest. I wrote a program called AutoMoIt

AutoMonIt looks great to watch variables, thanks for sharing.

Well, it doesn't work for my installation:

<----------- error message box --------------->
AutoIt Error


Line 9 (file "c:\full\path\to\file\to\be\monitored.au3")

#include '\Include\dllcallback.au3'

Error: Error opening the file.

The path to my Autoit installation is this one:

c:\programme\autoit3\

and the dllCallBack.au3 is sitting here:

c:\programme\autoit3\include\dllCallBack.au3

This looks like the path of the current autoit3 installation cannot be resolved by automonit v1.07, or did I miss something?

BTW: In the sample files for your automonit I had difficulties to download the NoMadMemory.au3 from the filefront URL given. I found a different one by google that worked fine. Could you drop that one in the forums here as well?

Regards, Rudi.

[rudi]

Hello.

For a conclusion in the console use special editors, for example SciTE (download it here http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/downloads.shtml)

I cannot follow you here ??

This is just the download page, I cannot find something about console use?

I've got, that SciTE is such an editor, that can act as a console. But what makes an application "console-aware"? And, when there might be more than one application that can act as console, how to tell the consolewrite which one to use?

<confused> Rudi.

[Baloven]

Sorry delete ')' in http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/downloads.shtml)

The corrected reference http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/downloads.shtml

Site SciTE

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/scite/

Download SciTE

http://www.autoitscript.com/cgi-bin/getfil...iTE4AutoIt3.exe

[Baloven]

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<----------- error message box --------------->
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#include '\Include\dllcallback.au3'
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#include <dllcallback.au3>

see the help on #include in <Program Files Dir>\AutoIt3\AutoIt.chm