HOWTO: Set Breakpoints in a Kernel Debugger for Windows CE

• Microsoft Windows CE Platform Builder, versions 2.11, 2.12

SUMMARY

You must be in break state in order to set breakpoints using Platform Builder.

MORE INFORMATION

Breakpoints are normally used for debugging applications and device drives. To build a debug version of the operating system, follow the instructions in the Platform Builder documentation.

The device can get to break state either by:

• an exception
  
  -or-



• encountering a hard-coded breakpoint in an executing process. A hard-coded breakpoint is set in the code by using the DebugBreak API.
  
  -or-



• executing a break command in the Windows CE shell debugger (CESH)

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