Update July 6, 2004: I have now open-sourced my code through www.beunited.org. If you want to help develop Clue, please feel free to work on the project!

September 16, 2002: In April of this year, I had decided to stop developing Clue even though I hadn't implemented everything I had originally set out to do. That's now changed. I've decided that I need to follow through with the project and see it come to the end that I expected. So right now I'm working on making Clue the most comprehensive BeOS object tracing tool there is or possibly ever will be. This means adding nearly ALL of the BeOS classes, enums, and structs! TRACE_OBJECT already covers 85 classes, enums, and structs in the current version, but that number will probably at least double in the next version. Most of the code is going into the sender, but I'm also implementing code in the viewer to enable object by object and method by method selection of what Fingerprints the clients send. This will allow very granular tracing of only the objects and methods you care about, as well as saving CPU cycles by not having to trace base classes or methods on objects you don't care about. It's a lot of coding, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to test it very well as there are too many classes, enums, and structs to cover them all by myself. So I'll have to rely on BeOS developer community to help me test. I don't have a specific time frame right now, but I'm guessing it will be within a month or two.

I'm also looking to release it in multiple languages. So I'm looking for people to help with string translations for Spanish and Swedish, as well as update some of the other languages (like German) that have mostly been translated already but new string were added since then.

If you can help, please contact me at 'yobkadon@hotmail.com'.

Thanks,
Jeff Braun

• what Category it belongs to
• what Event in that Category it belongs to
• the class method name
• the class name
• the file name that the class exists in
• the line number that generated the message
• the thread id
• an application-wide, unique sequence number
• the date it was sent
• the exact time it was sent
• some programmer description for the event
• and optionally (for TRACE_OBJECT only), detail data

• printing capability (getting there)
• ability to edit more properties and settings
• better scripting support
• replacing the Be supplied BListView as it's too slow
• more Cut/Copy/Paste functionality

• Multiple Windows (you can export and reopen saved files)
• Total customization of the colors Clue uses
• Most settings are saved to your disk
• Drag-n-Drop support to the desktop, and other applications.
• Clipboard support (copying data to)
• TRACE_METHOD allows for some simple performance timing (how long the method took to execute)
• Inspection of over 85 BeOS classes, enums, and structs, with more to come! See the list below.

77 Enums:
alignment, alpha_function, border_style, B_TRANSLATION_ERROR, buffer_layout, buffer_orientation, button_width, cap_mode, color_control_layout, color_space, cpu_type, data_bits, data_rate, directory_which, direct_buffer_state, direct_driver_state, drawing_mode, file_panel_mode, file_panel_button, filter_result, font_direction, font_file_format, font_metric_mode, gs_attributes, hash_mark_location, icon_size, image_type, info_location, input_device_notification, input_device_type, input_method_op, interpolation_mode, join_mode, list_view_type, mail_flags, media_display_flags, media_file_accept_format_flags, media_flags, media_format_family, media_format_flags, media_frame_flags, media_multi_channels, media_multi_matrix, media_parameter_flags, media_producer_status, media_realtime_flags, media_seek_type, media_type, menu_bar_border, menu_layout, message_delivery, message_source, midi_axe, mpeg_id, node_flavor, node_kind, orientation, parity_mode, query_op, reverb_mode, source_alpha, stop_bits, swap_action, status_t, synth_mode tab_position, thread_state, thumb_style, timecode_type, undo_state, value_kind, version_kind, video_orientation, window_alignment, window_feel, window_look, and window_type.

135 Classes:
BAlert, BAppFileInfo, BApplication, BAutolock, BBitmap, BBitmapStream, BBox, BBuffer, BBufferConsumer, BBufferGroup, BBufferIO, BBufferProducer BButton, BChannelControl, BChannelSlider, BCheckBox, BClipboard, BColorControl, BContinuousParameter, BControl, BControllable, BDirectory, BDirectWindow, BDiscreteParameter, BDragger, BEntry, BEntryList, BFile, BFileGameSound, BFileInterface, BFilePanel, BFlattenable, BFont, BGameSound, BGLView, BHandler, BInputDevice, BInvoker, BJoystick, BList, BListItem, BListView, BLocker, BLooper, BMediaAddOn, BMediaDecoder, BMediaEncoder, BMediaEventLooper, BMediaFile, BMediaFiles, BMediaFormats, BMediaNode, BMediaRoster, BMediaTheme, BMediaTrack, BMenu, BMenuBar, BMenuField, BMenuItem, BMessage, BMessageFilter, BMessageQueue, BMessageRunner, BMessenger, BMidi, BMidiPort, BMidiStore, BMidiSynth, BMidiSynthFile, BMidiText, BMimeType, BMultiChannelControl, BNode, BNodeInfo, BNullParameter, BOptionControl, BOptionPopUp, BOutlineListView, BParameter, BParameterGroup, BParameterWeb, BPath, BPicture, BPictureButton, BPoint, BPolygon, BPopUpMenu, BPrintJob, BPropertyInfo, BPushGameSound, BQuery, BRadioButton, BRect, BRegion, BResources, BResourceStrings, BRoster, BSamples, BScreen, BScrollBar, BScrollView, BSeparatorItem, BSerialPort, BShape, BShelf, BSimpleGameSound, BSlider, BSmallBuffer, BSound, BSoundFile, BSoundPlayer, BStatable, BStatusBar, BStopWatch, BStreamingGameSound, BString, BStringItem, BStringView, BSymLink, BSynth, BTab, BTabView, BTextControl, BTextView, BTimeCode, BTimedEventQueue, BTimeSource, BTranslator, BTranslatorRoster, BView, BVolume, BVolumeRoster, BWindow. media_node, unicode_block

97 Structs:
alert_type,  app_info,  area_info,  buffer_clone_info,  button_spacing,  clipping_rect,  color_map,  compound_type,  cpu_info,  direct_buffer_info,  dormant_flavor_info,  dormant_node_info,  edge_info,  encode_parameters,  entry_ref,  escapement_delta,  flavor_info,  font_height,  gs_attribute,  gs_attribute_info,  gs_audio_format,  GUID,  image_info,  key_info,  key_map,  live_node_info,  media_aiff_description,  media_asf_description,  media_audio_header,  media_avi_description,  media_avr_description,  media_beos_description,  media_codec_info,  media_decode_info,  media_destination,  media_encode_info,  media_encoded_audio_format,  media_encoded_audio_header,  media_encoded_video_format,  media_encoded_video_header,  media_file_format,  media_file_format_id,  media_format,  media_format_description,  media_header,  media_header_time_code,  media_input,  media_misc_description,  media_mpeg_description,  media_multi_audio_info,  media_multistream_format,  media_multistream_header,  media_node_attribute,  media_output,  media_quicktime_description,  media_raw_audio_format,  media_raw_video_format,  media_request_info,  media_seek_tag,  media_source,  media_timed_event,  media_video_display_info,  media_video_header,  media_wav_description,  mail_notification,  mail_pop_account,  mouse_map,  node_ref,  overlay_rect_limits,  overlay_restrictions,  pattern,  platform_type,  port_info,  property_info,  rgb_color,  screen_id,  scroll_bar_info,  sem_info,  system_info,  team_info,  team_usage_info,  text_run,  text_run_array,  thread_info  timecode_info,  translation_format,  TranslatorBitmap,  translator_info,  TranslatorGroups,  TranslatorSound,  TranslatorStyledTextRecordHeader,  TranslatorStyledTextStreamHeader,  TranslatorStyledTextTextHeader,  TranslatorStyledTextStyleHeader,  tuned_font_info,  value_info,  version_info,