The following sections provide debugging information, generally only for investigating issues in HEC-DSS . They involve examining and modifying internal file structure and settings, changing the trace and output levels, and setting internal flags in HEC-DSS. They are not intended for general use.


Debug MenuDescription
Message LevelControls the detail of the messages written out to the HEC-DSSVue Console Output. The higher the Message Level, the more messages and detail will be written. A normal setting is four; above that provide debugging output. This setting is intended to be used by programmers only.
DSS File HeaderDisplays all the database variables and their values used for the current HEC-DSS file.
Record AddressesDisplays debug information for the selected record(s). This includes information such as addresses to Data for a record.
Pathname bin(Dss 7 version only) displays pathname bin information for a specific Bin Address
Debug/Examine File...opens a tool that displays (Warning: can also edit) the binary data in different formats for debugging raw file data
File Access InfoDisplays summary information for the active DSS file.  Shows if file is read-only, number of processes accessing and writing.
Memory Monitor...displays the real-time memory used by the HEC-DSSVue application in relation to the memory the program has allocated
DSS Files Openedcontains access  information for each file, the number of records accessed, how many of these records are currently selected, the file path to the HEC-DSS file that contains the file access information, and the number of records accessed for the current session of HEC-DSSVue. 
DSS ZSETAllows a programmer to set DSS file parameters.
DSS ZINQIRA tool for programmers to query DSS file parameters.