Setting General Debugging Options
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You can set options that are global to debugging all programs,
such as the orientation of the Debugger window.
To set general options:
- From the main menu, choose Tools
Options.
- In the Options window, expand the Debugging and Executing node.
- Select the Debugger Settings node.
- On the Properties tab, set these values to your preferred settings:
- Debugger Window Orientation.
Determines the orientation of the views in the Debugger window. You have
the following choices:
- Horizontal. Displays the toolbars vertically on the left of the window
and the views side-by-side on the right.
- Vertical. Displays the toolbars horizontally across the top of the
window and the views below the toolbar.
- Alternate. Switches between the horizontal and vertical displays
based on the
dimensions of the view.
- Run Multisession.
If True, starts an additional session when you start a new
session and one is already running.
If False, stops the existing session and starts a new session.
The settings in the Run Multisession dialog box supersede this
setting.
- Show Finish Debugger Dialog.
If True, opens a dialog box when
you choose Debug
Finish.
In this dialog
box, you can choose which sessions you want to finish.
- Show Run Multisession Dialog.
If True, opens the Run Multisession dialog box when you
start a debugging session and one is already running. The dialog
box offers you the choice of starting
an additional session or stopping the existing session and starting a new one.
- Workspace.
Determines the workspace to activate when debugging a program. Your choices are editing, GUI editing, debugging, or none.
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