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| <H1>Tracepoint Dialogs</H1> |
| <H3>Overview</H3> |
| <P>There are two Tracepoint Dialogs which help users set tracepoints: |
| The Tracepoint Dialog is used to view and add actions and The Actions |
| Dialog is used to edit a particular action specified in the |
| tracepoint's Action List.</P> |
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| <P>Tracepoint Dialogs topics: |
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| <LI><A HREF="#tracedlg">The Tracepoint Dialog</A> |
| <UL> |
| <LI><A HREF="#t_experiment">Experiment Frame</A> |
| <LI><A HREF="#t_actions">Actions Frame</A> |
| <UL> |
| <LI><A HREF="#t_actions_passcount">Number of Passes</A> |
| <LI><A HREF="#t_actions_add">Adding Actions</A> |
| <LI><A HREF="#t_actions_modify">Modifying Actions</A> |
| </UL> |
| </UL> |
| <LI><A HREF="#actionsdlg">The Actions Dialog</A> |
| <UL> |
| <LI><A HREF="#a_variables">Variables List</A> |
| <LI><A HREF="#a_collect">Collection List</A> |
| <LI><A HREF="#a_other">Other Entry</A> |
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| </UL></P> |
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| <H3><A NAME="tracedlg">The Tracepoint Dialog</H3> |
| The Tracepoint Dialog is the gateway to viewing and editing |
| the properties of any tracepoint. The same dialog is used |
| to add new tracepoints and edit and delete existing tracepoints, |
| for both single tracepoints and ranges of tracepoints. |
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| <H4><A NAME="t_experiment">Experiment Frame</A></H4> |
| The Experiment Frame displays information about the tracepoint's |
| location in the program and its status. Specifically, |
| <DL> |
| <DT>Number |
| <DD>The internal number for this tracepoint. New tracepoints |
| all have the number "-1". This number may be used to |
| refer to specific tracepoints when using the |
| <A HREF="console.html">Console Window</A> |
| <DT>Hit Count |
| <DD>The number of times the tracepoint has been hit |
| <DT>Thread |
| <DD>The thread in which the tracepoint exists. This |
| feature is not currently implemented. |
| <DT>Function |
| <DD>The function in which the tracepoint is set |
| <DT>File |
| <DD>The file in which the tracepoint is set |
| <DT>Line(s) |
| <DD>The line at which the tracepoint is set or the |
| lines which the tracepoint range affects |
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| <H4><A NAME="t_actions">Actions Frame</A></H4> |
| The Actions Frame displays the user-settable properties of the |
| tracepoint, including all actions and a pass count. |
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| <P>A pass count specifies the number of times that the tracepoint |
| can be hit on the target before the tracing experiment ceases. A |
| pass count of five means that this tracepoint will issue a silent |
| "tstop" when it is hit the fifth time (after it has performed all |
| it actions). A pass count of zero (0) means that the tracepoint |
| will never causes the trace experiment to terminate on the target.</P> |
| |
| <P>To <A NAME="t_actions_add">add an action</A> for the tracepoint, |
| select the appropriate action from the Action ComboBox and click |
| "Add". The <A HREF="#actionsdlg">Action Dialog</A> appears to |
| allow editing the action's properties.</P> |
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| <P>Currently, there are two actions: collect and while-stepping. |
| Any number of collect actions may be added to specify that the |
| target should collect variables, registers, and memory when |
| it is hit. The while-stepping action may be used to collect |
| data for a specified number of machine instructions. Only one |
| while-stepping action may be specified for any tracepoint.</P> |
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| <P>To <A NAME="t_actions_modify">modify the actions</A> associated |
| with a tracepoint, double-click the left mouse button on the action |
| listed in the Action Frame, and the <A HREF="#actionsdlg">Actions |
| Dialog</A> will appear.</P> |
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| <P>To accept the tracepoint as displayed, click the OK button. To abort |
| installing or editing the tracepoint, click the CANCEL button. To delete |
| the tracepoint (if it is not a new tracepoint), click the DELETE button.</P> |
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| <H3><A NAME="actionsdlg">The Actions Dialog</A></H3> |
| The Actions Dialog is used to edit an action for the tracepoint. It |
| consists of two lists, one containing all (uncollected) local variables |
| (including function arguments) and registers, and one containing everything |
| being collected. |
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| <P>The <A NAME="#a_variables">Variables List</A> lists all uncollected local variables, |
| function arguments, and registers and may also display the special indentifiers |
| "All Locals", "All Arguments", and "All Registers". Global variables (and file static |
| variables) do not appear on the Variable List.</P> |
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| <P>To move a variable from the Variables List to the Collection List, double-click |
| the variable in the Variables List or select the variable in the Variable |
| List and press the "<<< Collect" button. To specify a range of variables to be |
| collected, select them in the Variables list and click the "<<< Collect" button.</P> |
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| <P><A NAME="a_collect">The Collection List displays all data being collected |
| by the action, including the special types "All Locals", "All Registers", and |
| "All Arguments", which specify that every local variable, every register, and |
| every function argument will be collected, respectively. Specifying a local |
| variable, for example, and "All Locals" will cause only the special identifier |
| "All Locals" to be sent to the target. Analogously, "All Registers" and "All |
| Arguments" also override any register or function argument specifically listed |
| in the Collection List.</P> |
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| <P>To remove data from the Collection List, double-click any of the entries listed |
| in the List, or select a range of data to be removed and press the "Ignore >>>" |
| button. All local variables, function arguments, registers, and special identifiers |
| will be returned to the Variable List, while any expression (memory ranges, globals) |
| will simply "disappear". To add these again, use the <A HREF="#a_other">Other Entry</A> |
| at the bottom of the display.</P> |
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| <P>The <A NAME="#a_other">Other Entry</A> can be used to move any variable listed in |
| either the Collection List or the Variable List to the other list. It can also |
| be used to specify expressions for collection, such as memory ranges and global variables. |
| Simply enter the name of the global variable or the expression and press the enter key on |
| the keyboard. If the expression is valid, it will be added/removed from the Collection |
| List.</P> |
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