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In <1992Dec21.130416.10774@titan.inmos.co.uk> jeremy@cheetah.inmos.co.uk (Jeremy Thorp) writes:

>|> The main thing is that you need a line in your .DEF file that says:
>|> 
>|>   IMPORTS		_DebugOutput=KERNEL._DebugOutput
>|> 
>|> Also, this is a Windows v3.1 routine, so it won't work if you have
>|> Windows 3.0.  I'm not sure why this import is needed.  It is a documented
>|> function of the Windows 3.1 API, so you really shouldn't need to do this,
>|> but you do.  Also, the docs don't seem to reference to DBF_APPLICATION.
>|> Perhaps they simply expect everyone to use TRACE().
>
>I have tried (on previous occasions) the IMPORTS thing, and it
>enables the program to link ok.
>
>However, I have NEVER got DebugOutput to actually output anything. I
>am using the DBWin program provided in the SDK to display messages.
>OutputDebugString, and TRACE both work, DebugPut doesn't - ever!
>
>Does anyone know what I am doing wrong?

In dbwin, do you have the "application" box checked under trace in the
settings dialog box?  If this isn't checked, nothing will be produced.
You don't need to provide the name of the application, but make sure
that the "Application" box is checked.

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 Rob Ryan
    rryan@panix.com