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[[File:Dosbox 001.png|thumb|right|MS DOS's ''DEBUG'' command was line-oriented, whereas CodeView was full-screen oriented]]

'''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]]

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

|date=1987

|quote=Document No. 4108-40010-500-R03-1287 |publisher=Microsoft Corporation}}</ref> It was one of the first debuggers on the MS-DOS platform that was full-screen oriented, rather than line oriented (like its predecessors [[DEBUG (DOS Command)|DEBUG.COM]] and [[symdeb#Symdeb|Symdeb]]).

==Overview==

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Today, the debugger is considered an integrated and essential part of the [[Microsoft Visual Studio]] family of products, and owes its true roots to CodeView, and the enhancements seen in version 4.x specifically.

==Symdeb==

Another debugging product available from Microsoft in the mid-1980s was ''symdeb''.<ref>{{cite web

|url=https://www.pcjs.org/blog/2018/02/25

|title=A Short History of SYMDEB

|date=February 25, 2018 |author=Jeff Par |accessdate=May 19, 2019}}</ref>

It had over 30 commands, and was described by [[PC Magazine]] as "a step up from ''Debug''.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[PC World]]

|date=October 14, 1986 |page=296

|title=SYMDEB: A step up from Debug

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nuXmVNll5JEC}}</ref>

==See also==