VB6 Immediate Window...

[nacnud]

As a warning:

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I was wondering, is there anything like the Python/VB6 style "immediate" window?

I'd like to be able to print the values of variables to have a wee look inside them as I go along. I know there are "globals" and "locals" views but they don't really give great detail when dealing with things such as lists.

What have I missed or is this functionality just not avail?

Thanks,
Duncan

 

[Erel]

There is currently no such window. Note that it is more complicated than VB6 or Python as the code runs on a different closed machine (the device).

 

[NeoTechni]

How about a basic command line interpreter/telnet server if there's a way to get variable contents from a string?

 

[Erel]

There is already a "debug" server running on the device. This is how the debugger works. However as the code is compiled and not interpreted it is difficult to "inject" source code.

Anyway, the debugger will be improved in the future to show more information.

 

[nacnud]

Erel,

Well, it seems that we can get the information about the objects and even the types of those objects from the system, so I'd welcome a more detailed view of their contents.

I mean, the alternatives are to just dump things to the Log I suppose, and I'll do that to get around what I'm up to just now.

I know this product is a commercial one, but I do think that it's a bit of a shame that it's not more Open Source and then we could all help to make it better. I know that'll not happen, and I'm not suggesting that it should, but the community spirit here, and the depth of other programming knowledge that we all must have...well, it'd change the character of the program.

Anyway, I'll look forward to the enhancements, when the come around, even if I do have to pay for them.

Allow me to elevate that to the top of your to-do list haha.

Thanks again, and all the best