Windows

To enable and run Composer in debug mode for a more detailed analysis of its operations, carefully follow these step-by-step instructions provided below.

1. Completely close Composer if already open
2. Go to Composer's install location (mine is at C:\Users{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\Bot Framework Composer)
3. Open a terminal in that directory (On Windows, CMD terminal seems to work best)
4. run set DEBUG=composer*
5. In that same terminal after step 4, run the Composer executable from the terminal.
   • Ex: in Windows command prompt: run "Bot Framework Composer.exe"

Important: You have enabled debugging successfully if you see prefixed composer:____ in the log:

Mac

1. Completely close Composer if already open.
   • Ensure that the Composer application is fully closed.

2. Go to Composer's install location on your Mac.
   • The install location on Mac might be different from Windows. Typically, applications on Mac are located in the /Applications directory. If you've installed it elsewhere, navigate to that location.
3. Open a terminal. You can do this by pressing Cmd + Space to open Spotlight and then typing "Terminal" and pressing Enter.
4. Navigate to the Composer's directory in the terminal.

   cd /Applications/Bot\ Framework\ Composer.app/Contents/MacOS/ 
   

5. Set the DEBUG environment variable.

   export DEBUG=composer*
   

6. Run the executable from the terminal.
   • On Mac, the executable might not have the .exe extension as it does on Windows. Instead, it might just be called "Bot Framework Composer" or something similar.

   ./Bot\ Framework\ Composer