Making debugger items

[Anders]

I use this code to display the amount of moving objects in MoveIt in the debugger. The text I have in the string table is displayed correctly, but the number is missing at the end. I followed the example from the help file and used the format from the template but just can't make it work properly. Can anyone see whats wrong?

enum
{
	DB_NUMMOVINGOBJECTS,
};
// Items displayed in the debugger
WORD DebugTree[]=
{
	DB_NUMMOVINGOBJECTS,
	DB_END
};

void WINAPI DLLExport GetDebugItem(LPSTR pBuffer, LPRDATA rdPtr, int id)
{
#if !defined(RUN_ONLY)
	char temp[DB_BUFFERSIZE];
	switch (id)
	{
	case DB_NUMMOVINGOBJECTS:
		LoadString(hInstLib, IDS_NUMMOVING, temp, DB_BUFFERSIZE);
		wsprintf(pBuffer, temp, rdPtr->Objects.size());
		break;
	}
#endif // !defined(RUN_ONLY)
}

[turboferret]

I would change

void WINAPI DLLExport GetDebugItem(LPSTR pBuffer, LPRDATA rdPtr, int id)
{
#if !defined(RUN_ONLY)
	char temp[DB_BUFFERSIZE];
	switch (id)
	{
	case DB_NUMMOVINGOBJECTS:
		LoadString(hInstLib, IDS_NUMMOVING, temp, DB_BUFFERSIZE);
		wsprintf(pBuffer, temp, rdPtr->Objects.size());
		break;
	}
#endif // !defined(RUN_ONLY)
}

to

void WINAPI DLLExport GetDebugItem(LPSTR pBuffer, LPRDATA rdPtr, int id)
{
#if !defined(RUN_ONLY)
	switch (id)
	{
	case DB_NUMMOVINGOBJECTS:
		wsprintf(pBuffer, "Moving objects: %d", rdPtr->Objects.size());
		break;
	}
#endif // !defined(RUN_ONLY)
}

as I see no point in using a resource string for that.

[Anders]

Thanks alot! <img src="/center/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> I wonder why Yves likes to use the string tables so much. I guess it all depends on how you program. In large projects it would probably make sense with the string table, but not in my little object <img src="/center/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

[burkey]

I think they become useful if you need to translate an extension - maybe there is someone in the world busily translating all the extensions that are released <img src="/center/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

[Anders]

Hey Burkey <img src="/center/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Long time no see. People have been looking for you <img src="/center/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

[Yves]

Yes, stringtables are useful when you translate the extensions. <img src="/center/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Yves.