I got Douglas' debugging tool to work and I promise you that it is the best
debugger you will find. It lists EVERY variable you have . . . I even found
a couple old cookie variables that I had forgotten about. To everyone who
is trying to fix up TRONNY to be better, I highly recommend downloading
Douglas' tag to use for a real-time debugger and TRONNY for tracking
historical information. Trust me, it is so highly useful, you will never
again write <cfoutput>#Attributes.MyVar#</cfoutput> just to be sure that
your variables are acting correctly.
A big thanks to Douglas,
Jason
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Lotz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 11:54 AM
To: Fusebox
Subject: RE: A Standard Variables Debugger
Douglas,
I am one step away from thinking that this is the most useful tag I have
ever seen. However, that step is a big one - it won't work. Is there
anyway that I can just <cfinclude> the file at the end of my
Footer_Generic.cfm file or do I need to call it as a tag? Any extra info
would be appreicated.
Thanks,
Jason
-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 11:50 AM
To: Fusebox
Subject: RE: A Standard Variables Debugger
Hi Nat,
Yes, <CF_VarDebug> (or a version of it that I saw) has the ability to dig
down into a query, array or structure, instead of just saying "This is query
or structure". This is nice. I was thinking a little recursive programming
here would do the trick...in case you had a structure of queries, or
structure of structures, etc.
What I like about my tag is that is can display ALL the scopes (or your
choice of scopes), as well as turn on and off by IP address or domain, just
like the standard CF debug screen, so you're not always commenting debug
code in and out.
Also, except for exploded debugging and display of query results, it's can
serve as almost a complete replacement for the standard CF debug screen, in
case you don't happen to have control of the server or the CF Administrator.
By the way, I just tested and added the ATTRIBUTES scope to the list of
scopes being displayed, making it particular pertinent to FuseBox
developers.
http://www.teratech.com/download/mod_display_variables.txt
At 08:15 PM 10/11/00 -0700, Nat Papovich wrote:
>Also check out CF_VarDebug4 from the Allaire Developer's Exchange. It does
>the same thing, pretty much.
>
>Nat Papovich
>ICQ 32676414
>"If it was hard to write,"
>says the Real Programmer,
>"it should be hard to understand."
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Douglas Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 5:11 PM
>To: Fusebox
>Subject: A Standard Variables Debugger
>
>
>Hi All,
>
>A lot of programmers spend lots of time tracking down the values of their
>hidden APPLICATION, CLIENT, SESSION and REQUEST variables to verify that
the
>contents of the variable contain the expected values. They typically do
>this by writing temporary output code to display the variables, which then
>gets commented out. So, comment in, comment out, comment in, comment out,
>ad nauseum.
>
>It is also hard to know on a large project if some other programmer has an
>application, session or client variable that you SHOULD be using, or that
>you should NOT create a new one with the same name. For example, where can
>I get a neat listing of all my application variables, so that I can use
them
>immediately if I don't happen to remember the exact spelling right away, or
>I want to make sure I am using it in the correct context? Where can I get
a
>neat listing of all my client variables, in case I want to re-use one, or
>make sure I am not overwriting an existing variables?
>
>You may have noticed that the standard CF debugging information does not
>display these critical variables, while it does display CGI, FORM and URL
>variables, as well as exploded paths and run times for the modules, and
>query results.
>
>Don't you think something is missing from the basic CF debug display
screen?
>
>I have written a module that displays these missing variables, and it is
>activated based on IP address, just like the standard CF debugger. In
>addition, it has a domain level control, so you can let everyone in say
>"207.128.33" see the debug information, which is likely to be all the
>developers in your company working on the application.
>
>There is also code (commented out) that lets you turn on the debug info
>based on some internal variable, say UserID. So, after you log-in as
admin,
>you get to see the debug code.
>
>I am telling the list about this for 3 reasons:
>
>1) I think it is extremely useful code that I want to share with you
(aren't
>I nice ;-)
>2) I would like you to try this code out and give me your feedback.
>3) I am wondering if it would be appropriate to include it in a standard
>library of FuseBox tags.
>
>HOW TO USE THE MOD_DISPLAY_VARIABLES.CFM TAG
>============================================
>
>You will have to do some tweaking to get it to work with CF 4.01. Some of
>the scopes only become structures in CF 4.5
>
>1) Since this list does not do attachments, download from here:
>
> http://www.teratech.com/download/mod_display_variables.txt
>
>2) Rename the file to be mod_display_variables.cfm
>
>3) on lines 43 and 44, modify the allowed domains and IP address.
>
>4) On line 62, modify the scopes you want displayed, or if they are giving
>you errors.
>
>Currents scopes displayed: APPLICATION,CLIENT,SESSION,FORM,URL,COOKIE,CGI
>and some SERVER variables.
>
>4) Put a reference to in your on OnRequestEnd.cfm, for example:
>
> <CFMODULE template="CF_LIBRARY/MOD_DISPLAY_VARIABLES.CFM">
>
>
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