'''INSPECT Debugging Application from Hume Integration Software'''


The Inspect application is a newly written development tool authored by Hume Integration Software.  The program has the ability to interactively display and modify a running application without needing code instrumentation or application changes.  The program features command entry with history, and is extremely useful for interactively testing newly written code. 

Inspect is designed to surpass and replace the [tkinspect] application.  It accommodates new Tcl/Tk features, such as 

   * namespaces,
   * child interpreters, 
   * channels, 
   * packages, and 
   * command aliases

The GUI uses tabbed notebook panes to get away from the small, tiled window lists of tkinspect.

Inspect has full support for working with [incr Tcl] classes and objects.  The application is deployed as a standalone executable so that you do not need to have the dependent packages installed, and you can modify your installed software without affecting its operation. 


You can download the complete and full application and try it free, but with time-limited operation.  If it meets your needs, you can get uninterrupted operation by purchasing a license.  More information is available here: http://www.hume.com/inspect?wiki.

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[AM] (12 november 2004) This is a very nice tool - it exploits most or all of the introspection capabilities of Tcl. Here is one thing that I found very useful:
   * I developed a in-house GUI using BWidget and some tabular design. My colleague wanted it to add a new row whenever he edited the last row's entry field. This can be done by a simple binding to the entry widget of course.
   * I knew BWidget adds one or more layers of widgets, so I used this inspection tool to check the windows' hierarchy and found it without having to plow through the documentation or the BWidget code.

Another thing I found it very useful for is getting some insight in a new application. It lists all the procedures and global variables, and what is more, all the configuration options for the various widgets. Beats studying the source code in an editor!


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