Breakpoint Properties Dialog Box

See Also   Tasks

Displays the properties for a specified breakpoint.

In the Breakpoint Properties dialog box you can:

• View the location of a breakpoint in code.
  
  
• Change the conditional expression (if defined) for a breakpoint.
  
  
• Specify the number of times a breakpoint should be hit before stopping code execution.
  
  
• Monitor the number of times a breakpoint has been hit during runtime.

Options

Location

Name

Displays the name of the function that the breakpoint is assigned to. If you enter a method name in this text box, the development environment will search your project and all available packages for the method and place a breakpoint on the first valid line of code in the method. If multiple methods exist with the same name, the Choose Breakpoints dialog box is displayed. In this dialog box you can choose the method in which you want to set a breakpoint.

Note   If the specified breakpoint was created by pressing the F9 key or by clicking the Debug menu and choosing Add Breakpoint with a line of source selected, this text box will be read-only. The text box will display the method and line within the method where the breakpoint exists.

File

Displays the name of the file that contains the breakpoint and the line in the file where the breakpoint exists. You cannot edit this text box.

Condition

Specifies a condition which must be satisfied before execution stops at the  breakpoint. Otherwise, the breakpoint will be bypassed and the program will continue to run.

Is True

When selected, indicates that the specified condition must be true in order to stop execution at the breakpoint.

Is Changed

When selected, indicates that the value of the specified condition must be different from the previous value of the condition.

Hit Count

When selected, the specified breakpoint will only stop code execution when one of the conditions specified in the Hit Count section occurs.

Break When Hit Count

Allows you to specify a hit count situation that must occur for the breakpoint to stop code execution.

Is Equal To   Causes the breakpoint to stop code execution when the breakpoint is hit a certain number of times. The text box provided allows you to specify the number of hits the breakpoint should wait until stopping code execution.

Is A Multiple Of   Causes the breakpoint to stop code execution when the breakpoint hit count is a multiple of the number specified in the provided text box.

Is Greater Than or Equal To   Causes the breakpoint to stop code execution when the breakpoint hit count is greater than or equal to the number specified in the provided text box.

Current Hit Count

Displays the current number of times that a breakpoint's code has been carried out. This display increments only during debugging.

Reset

Resets the hit count to zero.