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An STL Error Message Decryptor for Visual C++

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Submitted on: 9/15/2001 11:50:23 AM
By: Leor Zolman  
Level: Beginner
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Compatibility: Microsoft Visual C++
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     This package provides a set of tools to shorten the length of VC++ STL-related error messages, allowing essential information to fit in status bar line at the bottom of the Visual Studio IDE. Currently, all *standard* STL containers have been addressed for the following C++ libraries: native MSVC, Dinkumware 3.08 and STLPort 4.x. When installed, the "Proxy" CL.EXE provided is found by the MSVC IDE and invoked as if it were the native CL.EXE program. To filter C++ error messages, the Proxy CL sets up an interprocess pipe between the native CL.EXE and an invocation of Perl. The native CL's output stream is then piped into the standard input of the Perl process (executing the STLFilt.pl script) to simplify STL-related messages. The output of the Perl script is then captured by the MSVC IDE and displayed in its output area, while the process status code of the *native* CL process controls the subsequent behavior of the IDE's build sequence. The package also includes the STLTask program, a taskbar icon utility that toggles error filtering, installs/uninstalls the Proxy CL, provides on-demand filtering of clipboard contents, and prepares your Visual Studio installation for application of a Service Pack. Note: Thie package requires that a Perl interpreter be installed on your system. Recommened: ActiveState Perl (also Freeware).

 
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