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The Question is:
How do you examine externally defined structures in the debugger. I have a C
program that has an externally declared structure. When I examine a variable
in the structure it's always 0 though in the program it is set to -1 and a
printf statement in the pr
ogram prints -1.
Is there some sort of switch I need or am I linking it incorrectly?
The Answer is :
When posing questions, you will want to provide a short example of
the particular problem -- this so the OpenVMS Wizard can be assured
of answering the particular question.
This could appear to be a problem in the debugger, or a problem in
the particular debugger syntax used, or a compiler-related problem,
or a problem in the particular syntax used for the external variable
declaration. (Compaq C (and DEC C) have specific requirements around
the proper declaration of the external model to be used -- please see
discussions of /EXTERN_MODEL in the OpenVMS FAQ and in the Compaq C
(or DEC C) documentation as a starting point.)
Obvious approaches for examining the contents of variables in the
structure include the use of EXAMINE/TYPE, as well as declaring the
particular structure as part of the declaration, as well as casting
the function to a local (pointer) variable for examination.
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