NEIL PARKHURST

USD – Setup Debugger.

November 1, 2015

You will quickly find in USD that you’ll need access to the debugger to be able to diagnose problems. I’ll discuss in another post how to use the debugger but lets start with information on how to configure it.

The steps involved are;

Create a hosted control for the debugger.
Create a hosted control for a toolbar for the debugger option.
Create an action to show the debugger.
Create a toolbar and link to the toolbar hosted control created in step two.
Create a toolbar button that will trigger the action to show the debugger.
Test this works.

Step One – Create a hosted control for the debugger.

Go to hosted controls in USD and create a new hosted control for the debugger.

Name = Debugger
Display name = Debugger (Global)
USD Component Type = Debugger
Display Group = Main Panel

Step Two – Create a hosted control for the a toolbar for the debugger option.

In my example I have decided to put the debugger in the about toolbar, but you could choose any toolbar position.

Name = About Toolbar Container
USD Component Type = Toolbar container
Display Group = AboutPanel

Step Three – Create an action to show the debugger.

Goto the actions area of USD settings and add a new action.

Name = Show Debugger
Hosted Control = The global manager. (In my case “CRM Global Manager”)
Action = CallDoAction
Data = “action=default, application=Debugger”

Step Four – Create a toolbar and link to the toolbar hosted control created in step two.

Now you’ll need to use the toolbar option under USD settings to add a new toolbar.

Plus the toolbar will need to be associated with the hosted control you created for the about tool bar. (Using the hosted control option in the navigation on the toolbar, once saved.)

Step Five – Create a toolbar button that will trigger the action to show the debugger.

Once you have created the toolbar add a toolbar button with an action that will trigger the action you created in step three.

Step Six -Test this works.

Now load your USD application, you will have a toolbar menu with a debugger option. Clicking this should show a debugger tab that will look something like the one shown below.