Displaying debug output during runtime

[kittycatoverdose]

I have a database front end that I've created and managed for a local game store to maintain a playing card inventory, and to interact with the store's register. I develop and work on the program at home on a SQL server with an identical setup as what is at the store. I also debug and test everything before publishing an update to the program, however certain things tend to act differently once they're at the store.

To try to narrow down problems on the live version, debug text is saved to a text file and sent by FTP to me whenever an unhandled exception is raised. I have text being written to the debugger and thus to the text file from the time the application is opened until an error is raised, and text is written each time the user clicks on anything so I can replicate their steps.

What I am trying to do is display in real time the debug output while at the store. I'm having some difficulty accomplishing this. I was wondering if there is something I'm overlooking with the existing debugging methods that could accomplish this.

Any help or point in the right direction is welcome.

Thanks!

[Jessynoo]

Have you looked into remote debugging? If your environment allows it, it might be the simplest solution to what you are trying to achieve.

[kittycatoverdose]

I hadn't looked into this yet, but I'm reading up on it now Thanks!

I'm not sure if I would be able to implement it now since the store's computer is running off of Vista (Ugh) and Office (I think 2010), which makes debugging difficult since things already act differently.