Debugging a background task

A special command-line flag, -dm (debug mode), exists to help you with the potentially difficult task of debugging a background task.

If you are having trouble with your command line flags or configuration file, add -dm and the following will occur:

• The screen will be visible, and you can see your settings on the GUI.
• In debug mode, the program will not exit by itself. The following message will be displayed to inform you that the program is terminating: Program ending in debug mode; Press OK
• All messages normally written to the output file will also appear as popup messages. Because many messages may appear, two options will be presented when displaying these popup messages: End Program or Stop Displaying Messages.

Debug mode can only be activated if the Run option is Validate Only. This is to insure that you cannot modify the parameters through the GUI, or cancel the program when it is updating the database.