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'''CodeView''' was a standalone [[debugger]] created by [[David Norris (Microsoft)|David Norris]] at [[Microsoft]] in 1985 as part of its development toolset.<ref name=CV3x>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[WinWorld]]

|title=WinWorld: CodeView 3.x

|url=https://winworldpc.com/product/codeview/3x}}</ref> It originally shipped with Microsoft C 4.0 and later. It also shipped with [[Visual Basic]] for [[MS-DOS]], Microsoft Basic PDS, and a number of other Microsoft language products.<ref name=CV87>{{cite book

|title=[[Microsoft Macro Assembler]] 5.1 - Microsoft CodeView and Utilities

|date=1987

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* Assembly window - the assembly (machine code) was displayed, allowing for single-stepping through functions.

* Register window - to visualize the 80x86 register contents, including segments, flags and the FPU (CodeView existed before MMX and other SIMD extensions).

* Output window - a window showing startup operations and debugging information relating to breakpoints,<ref name=VC87/>{{rp|p. 157}} hardware breaks (interrupt 0 and 3), etc.

===supported features===

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{{Reflist}}

*{{cite book |author=Charles Petzold |authorlink=Charles Petzold |year=1990

*{{cite book |authorlink=Microsoft Corporation|year=1987 |title=Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.1 CodeView and Utilities}}

|title=Programming Windows: the Microsoft Guide to Writing Applications for Windows 3}}

*{{cite book |authorlink=Microsoft Corporation|year=1987 |title=Microsoft CodeView and Utilities Update}}

*{{cite book |lastauthorlink=PetzoldMicrosoft |first=CharlesCorporation |authorlink=Charles Petzold |year=19901993 |title=ProgrammingCodeView Windows:Debugger the MicrosoftUser's Guide to Writing Applications for Windows 3}}

*{{cite book |authorlink=Microsoft Corporation|year=1993 |title=CodeView Debugger User's Guide}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Codeview}}