Q108288: How CodeView Locates Source Files

Article: Q108288
Product(s): Microsoft Programming Utilities
Version(s): 3.0,3.05,3.06,3.07,3.11,3.14,4.0,4.01,4.05,4.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbCodeView kbDebug kbVC
Last Modified: 26-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft CodeView for MS-DOS, versions 3.0, 3.11, 3.14, 4.0, 4.01, 4.05, 4.1 
- Microsoft CodeView for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 4.0, 4.01, 4.1 
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SUMMARY
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The CodeView debugger will open a dialog box to request the path for the source
file of the program to be debugged if it cannot locate the source file from the
current directory and from the directories specified in the CURRENT.STS file.

For example, CodeView often asks for the path for WINMAIN.CPP when you start
debugging a Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) application.

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To prevent CodeView from asking for the path to the source code every time you
start CodeView, you need to make sure the source file is either in the directory
where CodeView loads the .EXE file or in a directory specified in the synonym
entry in the [debug-] section of the CURRENT.STS file. If there is no
CURRENT.STS file available in the path specified by the INIT environment
variable, CodeView will create a CURRENT.STS file and add a synonym entry in the
debug section so CodeView will be able to locate it in future. For example,
CodeView added a synonym entry in the CURRENT.STS file after C:\MSVC\MFC\SRC was
specified from the Open Source File dialog box.

  [debug-]
     target="c:\kb\mfc\combobox\combobox.exe"
     synonym=;C:\MSVC\MFC\SRC
SRC

The synonym entry was introduced in CodeView version 4.0. Earlier versions of
CodeView do not support this feature.

It is important to set INIT properly before starting CodeView. The INIT must be
pointing to a directory that actually exists and has a sufficient amount of
storage space. For example, the following MS-DOS command makes INIT point to
C:\MSVC\INIT directory:

  SET INIT=C:\MSVC\INIT

You can either add this command in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file or run it from the
MS-DOS prompt directly.

CodeView always searches the directory where it loads the .EXE first. If the
source file is not found, it will use the INIT environment variable to locate
the CURRENT.STS file and then search the synonym entries in the debug section.
If CodeView cannot find the file in the above places, CodeView will pop up the
Open Source File box.

Additional query words: kbinf 3.00 4.00 4.10 winmain.cpp winmain

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Keywords          : kbCodeView kbDebug kbVC 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbCodeView kbZNotKeyword3 kbCodeView300DOS kbCodeView311DOS kbCodeView314DOS kbCodeView400DOS kbCodeView401DOS kbCodeView405DOS kbCodeView410DOS kbCodeView300 kbCodeView305 kbCodeView306 kbCodeView307 kbCodeView400 kbCodeView401 kbCodeView410
Version           : :3.0,3.05,3.06,3.07,3.11,3.14,4.0,4.01,4.05,4.1

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