Article: Q48000
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.20 2.30 | 2.20 2.30
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | buglist2.20 buglist2.30 | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 28-AUG-1989
When using the dialog version of the Restart command, you can restart
your program with command-line arguments; however, under CodeView
Protect (CVP) Versions 2.20 and 2.30, argc does not get properly set.
The Dialog Restart command is often used to restart a program with
command line arguments. For example, you could use the following:
L arg1 arg2 arg3
This example restarts the current executable file, retaining any
breakpoints, watchpoints, and tracepoints, with arg1, arg2, and arg3
loaded into argv[1], argv[2], and argv[3], respectively. Argv[0] is
always set to the name of the current executable file. Argc, at this
point, should be set to four. The problem presents itself here; argc
either remains unchanged from the value it was initially set to when
CodeView was started, or is decremented by one. If, for example,
CodeView is started with two command-line arguments (argc would then
be set to three) and then executed, the previous example argc (which
should then set argc to four) would remain unchanged. When using the
Dialog Restart command and specifying fewer arguments than were
specified at start up, argc sometimes is decremented by one.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with CodeView Versions
2.20 and 2.30. We are researching this problem and will post new
information as it becomes available.