C/C++ Programmer's Guide (G06.25+)
Using the HP Enterprise Toolkit (ETK) and Native 
C/C++ Cross Compiler on the PC
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Visual Inspect
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Allows you to select from several ways to view or collapse source files: by function, 
by paragraph, by pragma, or by normal view.
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Is available also as a stand-alone product.
Visual Inspect
Visual Inspect is an optional PC-based (GUI) symbolic debugger designed to work in 
complex distributed environments. Visual Inspect:
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Supports application debugging in either the development or production 
environment
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Uses program visualization, direct manipulation, and other techniques to improve 
productivity for both new and sophisticated users
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Provides source-level debugging for servers executing in either the Guardian or 
OSS environment; provides additional application navigation features that allow a 
higher level of abstraction
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Supports TNS and native machine architectures and compilers (that is, C, C++, 
COBOL, TAL, pTAL, D-series Pascal, and FORTRAN)
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Is available also as a stand-alone product
For more information about enabling and using Visual Inspect, see the online help for 
Visual Inspect.
ar Tool (File Archive)
The ar tool, a utility familiar to UNIX users, is integrated into the TDS. Use the ar tool 
to create and maintain file archives. The ar tool:
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Builds a file archive from TNS/R native object files that can then be used as a 
statically linked library by the nld linker on any platform where nld runs
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Is accessed by selecting the Tandem ar command on the Tools menu 
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Is documented in online help accompanying the TDS
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Can be called as a stand-alone tool from a make file or from a command prompt
The ar tool is also available with the ETK, supporting either TNS/R or TNS/E files 
produced by the ld or eld linkers.










