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Q11877: Debugging Routines That Are in Libraries

Article: Q11877
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 1.00 1.10 2.00 2.10 2.20 2.30 | 2.20 2.30
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | TAR55321 | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 21-AUG-1989

Question:

When CodeView attempts to debug a function from a library module, it
is unable to find the source even when that module was compiled with
-Zi. It prompts me to "Enter Directory for Program (CR for None)?". I
enter the directory in which PROGRAM.C resides, but CodeView cannot
find it. Is there any solution other than not placing modules I wish
to debug in libraries?

Response:

This is a consequence of the way the LIB utility works. When adding an
object module to a library, LIB records only the source file's base
name, not its extension. Therefore, "c:\c\source\module1.c" becomes
"c:\c\source\module1" (no extension). When you are debugging an
application that calls "module1", CodeView attempts to find
"c:\c\source\module1". However, it does not accept the filename you
give because the file is really named "module1.c".

One way to work around this restriction is to rename your source file
from "c:\c\source\module1.c" to "c:\c\source\module1" (no extension)
after you have compiled it and put it into a library. This way, the
actual name will match the name CodeView is searching for.

Another solution is to use Library Manager Version 3.07 (which came
with MASM 5.00) or later; this solves the problem by not stripping the
file's extension as it is put into a library.

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