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From: bert@helix.nih.gov (Bert Tyler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Debugging with a single (XGA) monitor
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Date: 26 Mar 91 01:59:26 GMT
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Can anyone shed some light for me on the status of single-monitor or
dual XGA/VGA monitor Windows debugging?  I want to add some
palette-management capability to Winfract, but I'm nervous about
starting this project without the aid of a Windows debugger.

I used to use CodeView on an 8514A/VGA combo on my PS/2.  These days,
however, I am using an XGA adapter, and Microsoft's CodeView doesn't
support an XGA/VGA combination (I tried it anyway - no dice).

Now I am hearing that Borland's new C++ product supports single-monitor
debugging, but only when you are using the vanilla VGA driver (which,
of course, isn't palette-based).  Is that limitation true?  I am
sitting on a Borland upgrade offer right now, and if it *does* work
with the XGA driver, that may be just the item that convinces me to
send the upgrade offer in.

I am also hearing stories about an update to Codeview that supports
single-monitor debugging.  Is that upgrade imminent, or already
available?  And does anyone know if that new version will work while
using an XGA driver?

(I have also heard about a third-party option called something like 
CV1, but am reluctant to take that route if either of the big boys
has a solution.  As it is, I'm going broke constantly upgrading every
Microsoft and Borland product I own.)

Bert Tyler
bert@helix.nih.gov