New Breakpoint Dialog Box

See Also   Tasks

Allows you to specify a new named breakpoint.

In the New Breakpoint dialog box you can:

• Create a breakpoint for a method in your project.
  
  
• Define a conditional expression for the breakpoint.
  
  
• Specify the number of times a breakpoint should be hit before stopping code execution.

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 projects, predefined classes, 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 you enter a class name, all of the methods of that class are displayed.

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

Displays the conditional expression defined for this breakpoint (if one has been defined). Conditional breakpoints allow you to define a condition that causes the breakpoint to stop code execution on the breakpoint's line of code. Otherwise, the breakpoint will be bypassed and the program will continue to run.

Is True

When selected, indicates that the condition is true.

Is Changed

When selected, indicates that the condition has changed.

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   This option 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   This option 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   This option 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.