Conditional Breakpoints

Studio supports conditional breakpoints as well as normal breakpoints. Conditional breakpoints cause a break in the execution of the program when a user-defined condition is met. For example, a normal breakpoint stops the application when the breakpoint is reached. A conditional breakpoint can be defined to stop the application only after a certain number of iterations in a recursive loop.

To define a conditional breakpoint:

1. From the Editing window, insert a standard breakpoint at the appropriate point in the application code.
   The breakpoint line appears highlighted.

2. Click Breakpoints from the Toolbar of the Debug window.
   A list of breakpoints currently defined in the application is displayed.

3. Select the breakpoint for which you want to define a condition and right-click to open the right-click menu.

4. Select Edit Condition .
   The Edit Condition dialog box opens.

5. Insert a breakpoint condition.

6. Click OK .

The breakpoint will now exit to the debugger only when the breakpoint condition is met.