vb6 tracking where a function was called from

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I recently inherited a VB6 project. It is pretty involved and my issue is that many different functions call this centralized function. Meaning when I do a find I get a ton of different locations in the project that make this call. Is there a way to see in debug mode what function called the function I have a break point on?

For example: funcA calls funcZ funcB calls funcZ funcC calls funcZ it goes on and on...

If I put a break point on funcZ is there anyway in VB6 that I can see what function called funcZ (A,B or C in my example)?

Just wondering...

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 21 '11 at 17:20

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Yes. Hit Ctrl+L to see the call stack.

answered Mar 21 '11 at 17:20

Wim Coenen

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score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 21 '11 at 22:42

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A nice free tool (every VB6 IDE should have it) that amongst its many cool features is one that shows all calling procedures for any sub or function.

http://www.mztools.com/v3/download.aspx

answered Mar 21 '11 at 22:42

Cidtek

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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What you seem to be asking about is a stack trace. Memory fails how easy/hard this is so a quick google search brought up this question. Combine that with some output to the immediate window, and you should be good.

Edit: Wim's answer is much better.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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answered Mar 21 '11 at 17:20

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