I am [very] serious!!  What are you talking about?  MY watch window DOES
update when stepping through! And by superior debugging, I mean I can change
the code **AND CONTINUE** executing from that spot forward.. No recompile, no
re-enter app data to get to that point in code, no switch between app and
de{*word*81}..  Also, in VB I can set next statement and re-execute a code segment
if I missed the point I need to break at or re-run code after changing,
etc...  This is superior debugging.

Sorry, but Delphi de{*word*81} does not beat VB in features.  Can you set next
statement?  Of course not!  Can you change code and continue execution?  Nope!

Huh?  My program DIES when I get a GPF!  In VB, I avoid the GPF game
altogether!!

Regards,
Don.

VB's de{*word*81} definitely better.  The fact that you can change code and
continue executing your code is fabulous.

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In article <4adndi$...@news2.ios.com>,
   Alexander Medwedew <compv...@tribeca.ios.com> wrote:

Yes, but this is due to the fact that running a VB app uses an interpreter
against the code, instead of running the app as an executable.  It would be
extrememly difficult for Delphi to accomplish a similar feat (running without
recompiling the executable).

When given the choice of having this feature or being able to distribute my
apps as a single EXE, I would definitely take the latter.

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On 10 Dec 1995, Alexander Medwedew wrote:

But doesn't this ability allow errors to be introduced in the program
during the debugging session?  By forcing a compile due to any code
change is actually good, for me anyway, because it will uncover the
errors I have introduced to my code.

joseph

It is possible to create logical errors but syntax errors are checked as
you code.

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If you are using VB 4.0 chances are that you would not get
GPFs because it is a Win 95 app.  Delphi 16 is a Win 3.x app
and can cause GPF's even in Win95.  Compare VB 4.0 and Delphi
32 and neither will cause GPFs.

: On 10 Dec 1995, Alexander Medwedew wrote:

: > VB's de{*word*81} definitely better.  The fact that you can change code and
: > continue executing your code is fabulous.
: >

: But doesn't this ability allow errors to be introduced in the program
: during the debugging session?  By forcing a compile due to any code
: change is actually good, for me anyway, because it will uncover the
: errors I have introduced to my code.

: joseph

It is just a symptom of the fact that VB is a hacker's dream and a software
engineer's nightmare!  (Well, it is getting a bit cold round here - that should
turn up the flames :-)

Surely this is only possible beacuse VB is NOT a compiler but
really an interpreter. For a compiler to allow changes to code it
would need to unload the exe, recompile, reload the new exe and
somehow get you to the point you were previously at.
Sounds a bit of a tall order to me.

Alistair Cooper
Burgess Hill, West Sussex, England (acoo...@dolphan.win-uk.net)

Hello all!

I've tried to print graphics from a Delphi program and it seems that
it is impossible to print bitmaps to a PostScript printer. Everything
else on the page is fine but bitmaps are missing.  

I don't understand what could be wrong because one of the demo programs
(graphwin.pas) has the same problem. If you know the solution please
post it or e-mail it to me.

Thank you in advance.
Matti Aaltonen
VTT Information Technology
Finland

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Annie,

A General Protection Fault occurs when your program writes to
memory that has not been allocated to your app, that is what
protected memory is all about. Play with OLE automation in VB4
32 for any period of time and I bet you will see a GPF or 2 I
know I did, and come Feb I can guarantee if you want to you can
get a GPF or 2 in Delphi 32 also.

Regards Tim Jarvis.

In article <4adndi$...@news2.ios.com>,
   Alexander Medwedew <compv...@tribeca.ios.com> wrote:

Isn't this a "feature" of an interpreted language (versus a compiled one), and
not a "feature" of the de{*word*81} in question?  You VB fanatics are cute, but
you need to get your facts straight.

Kendall

In article <4ai9hb$...@gryphon.phoenix.net>,
   Annie Random <natio...@basil.stthom.edu> wrote:

You mean Microsoft renamed the Windows crash yet again?  What's it called in
Windows 95 when you crash?

Kendall

kend...@his.com (Kendall P. Bullen) wrote:

Wouldn't it be great...imagine no more crashes :)    Get real ! A lot
of the old code from windows 3.1 is still there in windows 95 and I
have managed to crash 95 quite a lot. You've still got to reboot if
your app crashes in order to be sure that the system is clean!

Shane Cunningham
Dublin, Ireland
shc...@iol.ie