Microsoft CodeView

Microsoft CodeView is a debugger that is designed for 16-bit Real-mode programs (CV.EXE) and 16-bit protected-mode programs (CVP.EXE). It shipped with several Microsoft language products for DOS and OS/2.

Features

• Full-screen window interface
• Viewing source code or generated assembly code during execution
• Single stepping through source code or generated assembly code
• Symbolic references to local or global variables
• Setting breakpoints, including conditional breakpoints based on changing memory or expression evaluation
• Options to view or modify memory, display contents of registers, view application output screen
• Ability to display and assign new values to variables

Versions

• 1.0 (1985) - shipped with Microsoft C 4.0
• 2.00 (1987)
• 2.10 (1988) - shipped with Microsoft MASM 5.0
• 2.20 (1988) - shipped with Microsoft MASM 5.1
• 2.30
• 3.00
• 3.10 (1990) - shipped with MS BASIC PDS 7.1
• 3.11
• 3.14 (May 1991) - shipped with MS BASIC PDS 7.1
• 4.0 - distributed with Microsoft C/C++ 7.0
• 4.01
• 4.05
• 4.1

CodeView for OS/2

• 2.2 (1988) - shipped with Microsoft C 5.1
• 3.0
• 3.11
• 3.12
• 3.5

CodeView for Windows

• 3.0
• 3.05
• 3.06
• 3.07
• 4.0
• 4.01
• 4.1

Product Documentation

• CodeView Debugger (Apr 1986) [1]
• Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.1 CodeView and Utilities
• CodeView Debugger User's Guide

Publications

• David Norris; Michael J. O'Leary: CodeView: Debugging Philosophy And Step-by-Step Technique - MSJ Vol. 2 No. 1

Links

• First Steps in CodeView