Loading and Using Ensign with Debugger

19:21 @Ensign-HA: dblue and buffy and a few others, there is a special debug edition of Ensign available for download.

19:22 @Ensign-HA: the special edition of Ensign must be downloaded directly from the web site using a new link found on the bottom of the Download page thus you cannot use Internet Services to download this version

19:22 @Ensign-HA: the install file will be beta2.exe instead of beta.exe

19:23 @Ensign-HA: yesterday's beta 3-2 is still the beta I want for most everyone

19:23 @Ensign-HA: I am inviting a few with access errors to give the debug edition a try and if need be you can go back to 3-2 version but do not think you will not need to regress

19:29 @Ensign-HA: one last thing, to enable the debug features, click menu Help | Enable Debug Mode

19:30 @Ensign-HA: this will log errors and invite you to send e-mail to Ensign with the report information that will tell us all we need to know to find the source of the error in our program code.

19:32 @Ensign-HA: I ran the debug version all day, and on purpose put bad code it to force errors like Div by Zero, Access Violation, and tight loop lock up, and loved the information obtained from the Error Log feature - supposedly there is not additional CPU overhead to all this, until an error is detected at which point the new code kicks in to make the log report. So without errors, performance should be identical to what you used today.

21:21 @Ensign-HA: when you have it running, click menu Help | Enable Debug Mode to turn on the feature that should document any error you get - let it e-mail me the log and possibly you can also post snag it image of the Details form showing detail for the error Call Stack

21:22 @Ensign-HA: this should be a huge help if finding some elusive error I have not been able to find on my own.

 

19:34 TOC: close Ensign prior to download from web?

19:36 @Ensign-HA: yes toc exit Ensign first, download and run install, click Finished button at end, then run Ensign

19:41 @Ensign-HA: then if and when you kick up an error, the new error message box will have boxes to e-mail report and picture to Ensign, which we want you to do, please.

 

19:47 TOC: @Ensign-HA, Debug enabled here...does it stay enabled or does that need to be done every time Ensign is opened?

19:48 @Ensign-HA: it needs to be turned on each time you run Ensign if you want this feature available - so default is for it to be turned off

20:45 hobo3: if I don't have email on this computer will it still work?

20:48 @Ensign-HA: in that case hobo, a snagit image of this Call Stack would be sufficient for us to debug it all