debug

[Daniela]

When I try to open certain file I have often a pop-up box,
where I'm asked if I want to debug. What does that mean
exacly?
Thanks.

 

[Sharon F]

When I try to open certain file I have often a pop-up box,
where I'm asked if I want to debug. What does that mean
exacly?
Thanks.

Depends on which debugger is generating the message. If from the browser,
this is the script debugger. Useful for web page authors to track down errors
in the web pages. If the message is from a debugger designed to work with
applications or the operating system, the output is code that is meaningful
only to the programmer(s).

The main purpose for output from any debugger is to obtain information that
could be useful in analyzing and fixing errors. The Error Reporting tool in XP
sends a report of the error and debugging info to the online crash analysis
folks.