Debug

Articles at Pocket PC Developer Network

• STLogFile - easy way to trace debug info in Release build
  September 02, 2002. There is no debugger for Pocket PC that allows you attaching to a process. So you cannot use debugger in drivers, SIP input methods, password dialogs, shared new handlers, today plug-ins, ActiveSync plug-ins etc. And you have to use a log file. This article explains using log files on Pocket PC and gives a powerful free log file library for Pocket PC.
• Pocket PC TestSuite
  May 28, 2002. This article describes automation of the testing process on Pocket PC using Pocket PC TestSuite 2.0. You will find how to record test scripts, how to check results in the scripts and how to test programs in stress conditions.
• Testing programs on Pocket PC
  January 17, 2002. If the program is not tested it does not work. Good developers understand that testing is needed. Experienced developers demand testing. What is specific of testing programs on Pocket PC? If there are any? This article describes experience of Pocket PC Testing Center.
• QA: How to turn off messages sent by MFC to Debug window?
  April 25, 2002. I use TRACE command to output debug information to Debug window of eVC. But it's hard to find my own debug messages since Debug window is flooded by messages from MFC. How can I turn these off?

MSDN Technical Articles

• Speed Up Debugging in eMbedded Visual Basic
  Feb. 27, 2001. One of the first tricks developers using Microsoft eMbedded Visual BasicR learn is how to speed up the debugging process.
• Debug C++ Applications with the Pocket PC x86 Emulator
  Nov. 11, 2000. Using the Pocket PC x86 Emulator, you can debug applications more quickly than debugging over serial or USB connections.

MS Knowledge base

• Q276070 - PRB: PVBLoad.Exe May Cause an Access Violation When You Debug an Application with eMbedded Visual Basic
  1/26/2001. When you debug an application with eMbedded Visual Basic (eVB) 3.0, you may get an access violation in the PVBLoad.exe file.
• Q275560 - PRB: DLL Breakpoints Are Skipped or Disabled
  5/11/2001. While debugging a C++ application in the eMbedded Visual C++ 3.0 development environment, the following things may occur: Some debug breakpoints in dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) may be skipped, A message or warning dialog box may appear indicating that some breakpoints have been disabled and cannot be set.
• Q296654 - Heap Corruption Remote Debugging with eVB
  6/13/2001. When you remotely debug with eMbedded Visual Basic (eVB), you may experience heap corruption.
• Q260568 - BUG: Error: Platform Manager Failed to Queue File Cemon.exe
  5/10/2001. When you use the eMbedded Visual C++ debugger on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows 98, you may encounter the following error message at the beginning of the debug session:

Questions and Answers at www.cegadgets.com

• I use a serial connection to remotely debug my x86 applications, but the serial connection speed is slow. How can I make it faster?
  27-Mar-01.

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• Regression testing your Pocket PC app, a new form of torture
  10 Apr 2003. Recently we have been building a Pocket PC application for a client that involves entering quite a few forms of data. To enter a candidate for this application takes about 10 minutes or so. As you can imagine testing this application requires entering a few candidates and then synchng the data. With pretty agressive build iterations regression testing is critical, and very time consuming. Not only do you have to test new features but in cutting new builds you need to test all functionality in case you have introduced some unwanted features in other sections of the app.