Ho to debug second application in RadStudio xe3? - windows

I run the program from the debug mode, everything is fine, but when I run a second copy of this program via CreateProcess then debug does not work.
I can do Run -> Load process, but he runs the program. But I need something to do this the first instance of the program.
How do I run in debug mode, second or third window through CreateProcess?
Like this: F9 -> debuger open project1.exe -> project1.exe run CreateProcess('project1.exe',...) from debug too
How to run THIS of my code (not my hands):

In Debugger Options, turn on "Debug spawned processes".

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I'm trying to debug a program in WinDbg. However, WinDbg won't run it after I launch it; after loading the binary, when I attempt to continue the program I get this error:
0:002> g
^ No runnable debuggees error in 'g'
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I'm using Windows 10.
The program in question is written in C and was built with MinGW.
The program is loaded, as I see it in the Task Manager. It just won't go beyond ntdll!NtWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory.
There is no error in the program at this point; I'm just trying to get the thing running before I move on to my real problem (which is beyond the scope of this post).
I can attach to a running instance of this program just fine, I just can't launch new ones.
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We have some go tests written in our repo that I am trying to debug. We mostly use logF from testing.T package for logging purposes. I am trying to debug tests using "Debug Test" button in VS code and expect to see logs in Debug Console window. (check screenshot below)
"Debug Test" button in Vs code
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I'm working with OpenEdge Progress-4GL AppBuilder and Procedure Editor, and now I'd like to start working with the OpenEdge Debugger, release 11.6.
As found on quite some places on the internet, I've taken following actions to enable debugging of my Progress application:
Using Proenv, I've launched following command:
prodebugenable -enable-all
I get following response:
OpenEdge Release 11.6 as of Fri Oct 16 19:01:51 EDT 2015
==============================================================================
PROGRESS Debug Enabler
==============================================================================
Debugging is enabled for the Progress 4GL installed in
C:\PROGRE~1\OpenEdge.
For your information, some information on environment variables:
proenv>set DLC
DLC=C:\PROGRE~1\OpenEdge
proenv>set WRK
WRKDIR=C:\OPENED~1\WRK
proenv>set ENABLE_OPENEDGE_DEBUGGER
Environment variable ENABLE_OPENEDGE_DEBUGGER not defined
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C:\Progressx86\OpenEdge\bin\prowin32.exe
-basekey "INI"
-ininame c:\progress\our_application\progress.ini
-pf c:\progress\our_application\misc\run_our_application.pf
-p our_application.r
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-db our_DB
-H DC1
-N tcp
-S 6543
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In OpenEdge debugger, I've following entries in menu item "Edit", "Preferences", "Attachable":
C:\progress\our_application
Z:\Progress\our_application\PRG
C:\Progressx86\OpenEdge
For your information: The Z:-drive is an external server drive, Z:\Progress\our_application\PRG is the directory where files (*.w and *.p) get compiled into *.r files, the file our_application.r can be found there.
Nevertheless, when I open a *.w file and I go to the menu "Debug", the "Attach to Process" menu item stays disabled.
What can I do in order to debug my application/*.w file?
There are several ways of debugging. Start simple. You should be able to use any of the following:
from the procedure editor
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from any alert-box
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stand-alone debugger
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remote attachable debugger
This is what you seem to be trying to setup - this allows you to attach the stand alone debugger (see option 3) to a process running on another machine, this can be useful when you have an AppServer or WebSpeed agent that you want to debug.
PDSOE debugger
Not relevant for you since you are not using Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge, but just mentioning it for completeness. This allows adding break points in your source code by double clicking in the left margin and stepping through your source code instead stepping through a debug-listing.

Netbeans: C code debug hangs on start

When I start debug in Netbeans, nothig happens. Output strings don't apper; Pause, Continue, step buttons are inactive (only Stop debug button and restart button are active). Stack window is empty.
I tried to run process in shell and attach to it by Netbeans debug. Message with caption "Debugger error" appeared, it contained a text: \320\235\320\265\321\202 \321\202\320\260\320\272\320\276\320\263\320\276 \321\204\320\260\320\271\320\273\320\260 \320\270\320\273\320\270 \320\272\320\260\321\202\320\260\320\273\320\276\320\263\320\260.
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I have a Makefile-powered project in Visual Studio 2010 (uses NAnt, in fact, but that's beside the point).
The output of the build process is a .elf file, and I have a separate, non-VStudio debugger which can be run on that .elf file to debug it.
Building works fine, but when I click the 'debug' button (little green triangle), VStudio fails with "Unable to start program 'XXX.elf'. The specified file is an unrecognized or unsupported binary format"
I'm guessing VStudio is just trying to 'run' the .elf as though it were an .exe, and failing.
What I really want VStudio to do is run "my_debugger.exe XXX.elf" when I press the debug button.
I have tried adding a file association with .elf=>my_debugger.exe
I have updated PATHEXT appropriately as well, and run VStudio under those changes.
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Isn't there somewhere in VStudio where you can specify a custom debug command? I thought there was, but can't find it.
I could just have the build process output a .bat file or something I guess, but this seems silly.
As Jim mentioned you can specify which app to start on run in the project settings (Command field). If you place a debugger there you can pass down your executable as an argument to the debugger being launched (Command Arguments field). This way you can launch the debugger which in turn will launch your executable if the debugger expects any commandline arguments.
MinGW on Windows example:
Command: gdb.exe; Command Arguments: Path\ToMyApp\whatever.exe
will start gdb.exe, gdb.exe will open whatever.exe, parse the debug info and wait for debug instructions.
Command: msys.exe; Command Arguments: gdb.exe Path\ToMyApp\whatever.exe
will start msys.exe, msys.exe will execute "gdb.exe Path\ToMyApp\whatever.exe"
Look at the project properties. Do you have a Debug tab which has a Start Action section giving three choices? Those choices would be: ( ) Start project, (x) Start external program: ... ( ) Start browser with URL.
You can also set the command line arguments and working directory.
Cf. How to: Change the Start Action for Application Debugging

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