RC5: Debugger is gone!

Classic Servoy
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Help!!! I feel like my right arm is gone without the debugger…

  • david
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Hi David,

Probably your debugger is scrolled al the way down.(in the methodEditor window)
Try hoovering at the bottom of the window untill the “drag” icon appears.

I’ll ask dev team if it’s possible to show debugger window part by default.

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Debugger shows as enabled in the tools menu and in the method editor but scripts run without the debugger kicking in. If I go to an open script in the editor all of the debug step controls are greyed out except for the green arrow one and pressing that runs through the whole script like it does when the debugger is off.

OS 10.2.6 here.

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Debugger doesn’t work with XP Professional either…

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I have the same problem. Runing on Win XP. Also on Linux.

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Yep! me too. using WINXP

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Do you guys set breakpoints in the debugger?

The debugger doesn’t kick in anymore if you don’t set a breakpoint in the file. We changed this because no other debugger works this way that it just stops somewhere if you don’t have a breakpoint set.

I am thinking of making an option that you can set: Break on Method enter (the thing it did before)

I personlly find the break on method enter a terrible thing. You constantly are toggeling between debugger enabled/disable. If i only want to test one method and to go to that script i have to go throuh other script first..
The debugger is constantly poping up.

Now i have always enabled the debugger and set a breakpoint in a portion of a script that i want to debug.

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Cool, that makes sense. I like it MUCH better this way. Although I can see having the option to do it the original way would be useful when you have 100’s of scripts and you want to pop open a script without having to locate it, open it, and then setting a break point. Maybe put the debugger options on a button next to the method editor button on the tool bar (along with an on/off switch).

Anyway, this is a better default state for sure. It’s not something that I noticed was bothering me because I was so enthused with the method editor and debugger in general.

  • david