DOCERR: Pass Counts for Breakpoints Undocumented

Last reviewed: January 21, 1996
Article ID: Q125473

The information in this article applies to:

The integrated debugger included with: Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Edition, version 2.0 and 2.1

A pass count in a breakpoint allows you to stop on the nth time a breakpoint condition is met. The integrated debugger in Visual C++ 2.0 includes this feature, but it was not documented or exposed.

To enable this feature, use the /BPPASSC:yes switch on the MSVC command line. This enables the pass count and exposes a Pass Count control in the breakpoint dialog.

To set this type of breakpoint, fill in the fields in the breakpoint dialog as follows:

   Location: .25
   Expression: x==34
   Pass Count: 1022

NOTE: The Pass Count is the number of times to skip, so a count of 1022 will stop execution on the 1023rd time.

Additional reference words: 2.00 2.10
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Last reviewed: January 21, 1996
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