Q51746: Locals Can Be Viewed Only When Compiling with CodeView Info

Article: Q51746
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.00 2.01
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | s_quickasm | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 14-MAR-1990

For debugging purposes, Microsoft QuickC Versions 2.00 and 2.01 allow
you to open a watch window that displays all the local variables
currently in scope by selecting the View.Windows.Locals menu options.
The information in this window is generated from CodeView debugging
information. Therefore, you must compile and link with the CodeView
flag set in the "Debug Flags" sections of both the
Options.Make.Compiler Flags menu and the Options.Make.Linker Flags
menu to be able to see the local variable information.

The locals window is accessible only if you have set the Full Menus
option on the Options menu. To see how CodeView information affects
the locals window, compile the following program after turning
CodeView information off in the Options.Make.Compiler Flags menu. Open
the locals window, then press F8 to begin tracing into the main
procedure and note that no locals are viewable. Recompile after
turning CodeView information on, and locals will then be available.
This is expected behavior for Microsoft QuickC.

Code Example
------------

#include<stdio.h>

void main( void )
{
   int   test1=5;
   float test2=3.6;

   printf( "This is a test...\n" );
}

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