[webkit-dev] Debugging DRT on Windows

Adam Roben aroben at apple.com
Wed Nov 21 01:47:29 PST 2007


Adam Roben wrote:
> Alexey Proskuryakov wrote:
>> on 17.11.2007 23:50, Adam Roben at aroben at apple.com wrote:
>>  
>>>> -what is the best way to debug from within the visual studio GUI on 
>>>> windows?
>>>>         
>>> Use the new debug-safari script, added in r27878.
>>>     
>>
>>   Is it possible to debug DumpRenderTree?
>>   
>
> It is possible. Here are rough (i.e., untested) instructions:
>
> 1. Open WebKit.sln in VS or VC++ Express
> 2. Right-click on the DumpRenderTree project in the Solution Explorer 
> window, and select Properties...
> 3. Go to Configuration Properties > Debugging
> 4. In the Command Arguments, put an absolute Windows-style path to the 
> test you want to run
> 5. In the Environment, put PATH=$(ProgramFiles)\Safari;$(PATH)
> 6. Click OK to close the Project Properties window
> 7. Right-click on the DumpRenderTree project, and choose Debug > Start 
> New Instance

BTW, it would be nice to wrap all this up into a script similar to 
debug-safari. The script would probably use devenv /debugExe instead of 
opening WebKit.sln.

-Adam



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