Running in debug mode – PB Docs 125

To run an application in debug mode:

1. If necessary, open the debugger by clicking
   the Debug or Select and Debug button.

   The Debug button opens the debugger for the target you last
   ran or debugged. Use the Select and Debug button if you want to
   debug a different target in the workspace.

2. Click the Start button in the PainterBar or select
   Debug>Start from the menu bar.

   The application starts and runs until it reaches a breakpoint.
   PowerBuilder displays the debugger, with the line containing the
   breakpoint displayed in the Source view. The yellow arrow cursor
   indicates that this line contains the next statement to be executed.
   You can now examine the application using debugger views and tools.

   For more information, see “Examining an application
   at a breakpoint” and “Stepping through an application”.

To continue execution from a breakpoint:

1. Click the Continue button in the PainterBar
   or select Debug>Continue from the menu bar

   Execution begins at the statement indicated by the yellow
   arrow cursor and continues until the next breakpoint is hit or until
   the application terminates normally.

To terminate a debugging run at a breakpoint:

1. Click the Stop Debugging button in the
   PainterBar or select Debug>Stop from the menu bar

   PowerBuilder resets the state of the application and all the
   debugger views to their state at the beginning of the debugging
   run. You can now begin another run in debug mode, or close the debugger.

When you terminate a debugging run or close the debugger without terminating
the run, PowerBuilder executes the application’s close
event and destroys any objects, such as autoinstantiated local variables,
that it would have destroyed if the application had continued to
run and exited normally.