Create Breakpoint Dialog Box: Data Tab

Location

Enter an expression into the Location field. When the application reaches the expression, execution stops immediately. You can specify the following expressions in the Location field:

Condition

When you define a condition, the debugger evaluates this condition after execution stops at the specified location. If the result is FALSE (zero), the program continues executing. In this case, an optional skip count does not change. The condition can be any Boolean expression in the current programming language. For example: choice==2

Action

If you want the debugger to execute a command when the program execution stops at a breakpoint, enter this command into the Action field.

Thread Filter

When you enter a thread ID into the Thread Filter field, execution only stops when the application accesses the breakpoint in this particular thread. The thread ID must be an integer value. You can enter more than one thread ID, separated by commas.

See also Threads Window.

Skip Count

You can enter a positive integer as skip count number. The skip count defines the number of times a breakpoint hit is ignored. For example, a breakpoint with the skip number 2 would stop execution when encountered for the third time. First the debugger checks the condition, then the skip count number.

Access

Access specifies on which type of access to stop execution. The default value is Write.

Continue

When you check Continue, the target program continues executing after processing the Actions list. Otherwise, it stops.

Browse

Click Browse to open the Symbol Selector displaying a list of the known symbols. See also Symbol Selector Dialog Box: Simple Search Tab.

OK Cancel

Click OK to create the data breakpoint, or Cancel to cancel the operation.

Apply

If you want to set more than one breakpoint, click the Apply button to set a breakpoint and to leave the Set Breakpoint dialog box open.