Mac PPC/CS2: Problems debugging a plugin

Hi
I try to debug a plugin, but it doesn't work.
- I have installed the debug version of Indesign CS2
- I have build the debug version of a SDK sample (Basic dialog)
- I have opened the SYM file in CW9 Symbolics Window
- I have opened the AdobeIndesign.app from the package Adobe Indesign in CW9 Symbolics Window
- I start Adobe Indesign in the Symbolics Window
- I set a breakpoint in SDKPluginEntryPoint (GetPlugin)
Indesign starts and after a while, it breaks. But I don't see the source code, I see only an assembler code.
- What could be wrong?
- Have I anything forgotten?
Thanks for every help.
Kind regards
Hans

You are not doing much wrong here - the problem is CodeWarrior: it's source debugger doesn't work correctly with this SDK.
Debugging mac plugins is about using the TRACEFLOW macro to output to the DebugWindow - an SDK tool that displays the TRACEFLOW output to a floating window.
Be aware that the TRACEFLOW macro is only sending output from the Debug build - so you don't have to take care for the Release build.
Alternatively you could also use a log file - there is a sample of this in the SnippetRunner project - if I recall it correctly . . .
I do understand your frustration about CW source debugger: I had the same a few years ago. Since then I do not use source debuggers in my programming anymore: it was like stopping tabacco or turning OFF the TV set definitively - the end of an addiction . . .
HTH
Best regards
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