The Output system view enables you to examine both a list of function calls made to the Remote Debug Interface (RDI) and a list of log messages. These can help you determine which program statements have and have not been executed.

Select Output from the System Views menu to display a window, shown in Figure 5.83, containing two tabbed pages, labeled RDI Log and Debug Log.

Figure 5.83. Output system view

Click on the RDI Log tab to see the page that contains a list of function calls made to the RDI. This requires the $rdi_log debugger internal variable to be set to 1.

Click on the Debug Log tab to see a list of messages recorded when execution passed through any trace points in the program (execution does not stop at an action point if you specify a trace message to be logged). The messages displayed are those specified when you defined each trace point (see Breakpoints system view). The debug log also contains any other general debugger output such as error messages.

Output system view pop-up menu

To display the Output pop-up menu, shown in Figure 5.84, right-click on either the RDI Log tab or the Debug Log tab.

Figure 5.84. Output system view pop-up menu

To specify a file in which to store the lines that appear in the Output view, select Log to file…. You can select an existing file, or specify a new file. If you do save this information in a file, the name of the file is shown in the Output system view.

Select Clear to remove any lines currently displayed in the Output view.