timpunch (debug aid)

gTimePunch is a public variable which is taken from defines.timepunch during system start.

gTimePunch = Iif(defines.timepunch, 1, 0)

After the installaton of Tool&Task, timepunch is set to .f. in defines.dbf. You can change the setting using m_sysdef. The change will be in effect after the next start of Tool&Task

All the executables of Tool&Task use a procedure TimePunch(text, origin) to document the time and the executable which sent the string. All strings end up in the file >gUserDataTT<temp\fox_dll.txt

if gTimepunch in ON (=set to 1), this file can grow markedly. m_sysdef has settings to truncate the file at the end of a session. If the file is not used for 2 days, it is deleted anyhow. (When gTimePunch is set to OFF).

The form m_watchfile (start using menue item Miscellaneous) allows to edit this file and to directly send parts to the Tool&Task Team.

 

Example

19:00:28.1881 T&T: 38153904 OPN: m_bmpview
19:00:28.3131 T&T: 92479808 image 1 coords x=10, y=406, w=74, h=61
19:00:28.3434 T&T: 92483728 ttret(hg_thumbnail) =9014, X=10, Y=416, w=74, h=40
19:00:28.3807 T&T: 159760768 enter shapeclick for shape 2
19:00:28.3812 T&T: 159760768 set Thisform.nextdetail to 2
19:00:32.8515 T&T: 160485880 OPN: m_getbox
19:00:56.1397 T&T: 160489976 CLS: m_getbox
19:01:49.7485 T&T: 167003632 image 1 coords x=10, y=406, w=74, h=61
19:01:49.7734 T&T: 166974784 ttret(hg_thumbnail) =6154, X=30, Y=406, w=33, h=61
19:01:49.8093 T&T: 166982976 enter shapeclick for shape 2
19:01:49.8099 T&T: 166982976 set Thisform.nextdetail to 2
19:02:01.5674 T&T: 98858064 CLS: m_bmpview

 

Main reasons for TimePunch are:

1.To have a debug procedure. When problems occur the Tool&Task team will add messages to the respective program.
2.To see whether the used memory of the program at each message are in accordance with the memory allocated in the dll's. Caution: since FoxPro has an own thread managing the allocated memory, you cannot expect to see the exactly same memory in use, when a form closes!
3.To be able to check the duration of procedures. The Windows® QueryPerformanceCounter is used and synchronized to the full second of time()