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Mac Forum / Programming / CodeWarrior / August 2004How do I debug an API?
Hi all, I have an API I'd like to debug. What I have is two projects, one that builds the API, the other that is a sample application that uses the API. It's my understanding that in the API project, I point the "Host application for Libraries & code resources' to the sample application. This does allow me to run the debugger from the API project. When it starts up, I wind up in main() for the sample application. However, when I try to step into an API function, all I get is assembler and none of the breakpoints work. If I take the other approach and start with the sample program project, I also wind up in main() and can not step into any API function. This is what I would expect... What am I doing wrong? I'm using CW 9.3 on Mac OS 10.3.4. I do not have any problems debugging my other projects, just the API... As always, any help is appreciated. > It's my understanding that in the API project, I point the "Host What kind of project is your 'API project'? A framework? Try just debugging the app and opening the 'API project's SYM file. > > It's my understanding that in the API project, I point the "Host > > What kind of project is your 'API project'? A framework? > > Try just debugging the app and opening the 'API project's SYM file. Hmm... That didn't seem to work either. I still get assembler :-( The API is a framework, but it could be done as a dylib instead... however, I'd like to have a choice. Does the debug setup depend upon this? > The API is a framework, but it could be done as a dylib instead... > however, I'd like to have a choice. > Does the debug setup depend upon this? With CW 9.2 I am able to debug using the "launch xSYM file of the app, then launch xSYM file of the 'framework'" or viceversa... I don't have projects because I use the command line tools. Don't know yet if it is the same with CW 9.3, before I upgrade to 9.3 I have to solve a problem with the linker. BTW I thought that a framework is just a dylib with a directory structure on top... what's the difference between a framework and a dylib? Fabrizio > > The API is a framework, but it could be done as a dylib instead... > > however, I'd like to have a choice. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Fabrizio From my point of view, they accomplish the same thing... my code can be used by others. From an end user point of view, they may have a preference for a framework over a dylib... Technically, they are different. I don't know what they all are, but at the very least, a framework has built in versioning that is more difficult to accomplish with a dylib. So you open the xSYM files and can debug from there? Do you have to tell the API where the sample application is? Are both xSYM files in the same folder? ... this is frustrating... seems to me that this is one of those things that should just work :-( > So you open the xSYM files and can debug from there? Do you have to > tell the API where the sample application is? Are both xSYM files in > the same folder? I guess I'm partially confused by your using the term API to refer to a shared library. I debug shared libraries all the time. The only catch I find is that I have to add the .xSYM file to the debugger settings for the main app that will be loading the library. When I do that, the libraries seem to work fine for me in CW consistently.  SignatureBrad Oliver bradman@pobox.com.AM_SPAY > So you open the xSYM files and can debug from there? Yes > Do you have to > tell the API where the sample application is? No > Are both xSYM files in > the same folder? Yes, but it works even if they are in different folders. When you double-click the xSYM file of the dylib, do you see the source file names in the symbolics window? And, if Yes, if you click on the name of a file, do you see the symbol names in the "Functions" list? Fabrizio > > So you open the xSYM files and can debug from there? BTW I am using mach-o... It could be different if you are using PEF... Fabrizio |
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