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OrderForm Visualizer

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Have you developed a pipeline component and then started to debug it and found that you couldn't drill down the OrderForm, Dictionary and SimpleList objects? Well here is the solution. I created this Visualizer to help with the debugging process of pipeline components.

What is a Visualizer?

Visualizers allows the displays of a variable or object in a meaningful way. For example, if you have a DataSet visualizer interprets a DataSet object and displays the result in a DataGridview. So the OrderForm visualizer interprets Commerce Server OrderForm which inherits from Dictionary and SimpleList in a TreeView. After installing the OrderForm visualizer run your pipeline code and set a debug point bring your cursor on the object you wish you view noticed that now you have a Dictionary Visualizer.

After selecting the visualizer the data is rendered in a TreeView.

 

You can now visualize the data in a tree structure by viewing the key\pair value and the data type.

Note: The OrderForm visualizer does not allow modifying the underlying data.

What Version of Visual Studio 2005 does this support?

Edition

Visual Basic

C#

C++

Web Developer

Express

 X X

Managed only

 X

Standard

 X X

Managed only

 X

Pro and Team

 X X

Managed only

 X

I haven't tested Visual Studio 2008 but I don't see any issues with using it.

Where do I get the OrderForm Visualizer?

Commerce Server Training, Inc.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2008
    Great tool.It simplies pipeline debugging process.

  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2008
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    June 11, 2008
    No,you shouldn't need to do anything else. Send me an email through my blog and I will help you out. -Max