How To Use the IdeaBlade DebugLog and TraceViewer

   I just wanted to add this bit of info for newbies who might benefit from it.

If you'd like to be able to watch your application make calls to the database, etc. in real time and see where performance bottlenecks are occurring, set up your app to use the built-in IdeaBlade TraceViewer.

Add
                                                        the TraceViewer to Your
                                                        Program

                                                It's
                                                      incredibly easy to do.
                                                In
                                                        your start-up project,
                                                        add a reference to IdeaBlade.UI.WinForms.PlatformControls. 
Open
                                                        your start-up class (typically
                                                        Program.cs or Program.vb). 
Find
                                                        the static Main method (Shared Main in VB). 
Make
                                                        some room just below
                                                        any calls to the Application class (e.g., Application.EnableVisualStyles()). 
Add
                                                        the following code to
                                                        show the TraceViewer.

                                                    // C#:

                                                      IdeaBlade.UI.WinForms.PlatformControls.TraceViewerForm traceForm;

                                                      traceForm = new IdeaBlade.UI.WinForms.PlatformControls.TraceViewerForm();

                                                    traceForm.Show();

                                                        '
                                                                  VB.NET:

                                                          Dim traceForm As _

    New IdeaBlade.UI.WinForms.PlatformControls.TraceViewerForm()

            traceForm.Show()

                                                  That
                                                        is all there is to it.
                                                        Next time you launch
                                                        your application, the
                                                        TraceViewer will appear,
                                                        followed shortly thereafter
                                                        by your application's
                                                        main window. You can
                                                        toggle between the two
                                                        windows at will.