In order to start debugging your application, you must start the runtime in debug mode. You do this by selecting Project -> Run w/debug.

If the application was not compiled with the Debug option set, a message box with the following text appears:

"This application was not compiled with debug information, so breakpoints are not supported. Do you wish to continue with debugging?"

If you answer Yes, the runtime will continue with the debug startup as described in the next paragraph. If you answer No to the question, the application is started in the normal manner, as if you had simply chosen Project -> Run.

Note: By the time the previously mentioned message box appears, any visible regions the application has will have already appeared.

When you start the debugging process, QuikStep opens the primary source, if it is not already open, and brings it to the foreground.

Breakpoints are stored with the project information. If an application already has breakpoints from a previous debug session, they will be passed to the runtime at the time the application starts in debug mode. If any of the saved breakpoints are invalid at this time because the source has been changed and the application recompiled, the following message appears:

"Setting of breakpoint at runtime startup failed: filename".

Note: Whenever an application being debugged stops, the mouse cursor appears as an hourglass whenever you move it over the visible regions of the application.

Tutorial

Select Project -> Run w/debug to start the application in debug mode.