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DXTrace Problem

Started by Insodus Mar 3, 2002 at 12:35 PM 2 replies 250+ views

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Mar 3, 2002 at 12:35 PM

I''m havin'' a problem debugin'' my dx8 app. I''m only supporting full screen mode, so I initialize it in exlusive access. However, on my errors I call DXTrace, I hear the beep, and if I press space it quits, but I can never see the message. How do I flip to GDI or whatever you need to do to get the Error Message on top?

IndirectX

Mar 3, 2002 at 1:19 PM

You can set flags to send DXTRACE output to debugger, or you can restore display mode before using DXTRACE. Debugging fullscreen apps is tricky, and I think the only two good solutions are using a multi-monitor system and remote debugging. It''s easier to write and debug the program in windowed mode and then switch to fullscreen.

Laurent

Mar 3, 2002 at 5:43 PM

I am personnaly doing the following:

In debug mode: I create a small window with all windows attributes. fast and easy to switch windows and go back to VC++ to look at the debug output or any other VC++ debug windows.

In release mode: the window is extended to the extent of the primary monitor, with no border, no caption, no nothing. It just looks like a fullscreen window.

I will switch to the "real" fullscreen mode to get better fps only when the app will be 200% debugged. ( or maybe more

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Laurent

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Jason Sandlin

Apr 16, 2002 at 6:13 PM

You can pass FALSE to that last param of DXTraceA() to not popup a msgbox. That''s probably best if you want to work in fullscreen

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