Breakpoint and Marker Management

Delete a breakpoint or marker

To delete a specific breakpoint:

• If the breakpoint is enabled, click on the red breakpoint circle in the left margin of the Source Code Editor, or
• Right-click on the breakpoint or marker in the Source Code Editor, the Breakpoints folder or the Breakpoints & Markers window and select the Delete context menu option, or
• Select the breakpoint in the Breakpoints & Markers tab and press ( Delete )

Setting Code Breakpoints

Delete all breakpoints

Click on the Delete all breakpoints button on the Breakpoints & Markers window toolbar ()

Convert breakpoint to Start Recording marker or End Recording marker

(For Visual Execution Analysis, when recording execution to generate a Sequence diagram)

In the Breakpoints folder or the Breakpoints & Markers window, right-click on the breakpoint and select the context menu option to convert it to either a Start Recording marker or an End Recording marker

Recording Sequence Diagrams

Disable a breakpoint

Deselect the checkbox against the breakpoint or marker, on the Breakpoints & Markers window

The breakpoint is then shown as an empty grey circle

Enable a breakpoint or marker

Select the checkbox against the breakpoint or marker, on the Breakpoints & Markers window

Disable all breakpoints

Click on the Disable all breakpoints button in the Breakpoints & Markers window toolbar ()

Enable all breakpoints

Click on the Enable all breakpoints button in the Breakpoints & Markers window toolbar ()

Change the stack depth

Set the number of stack levels to record to, relative to the level at which recording starts

Control Stack Depth

Identify or change the marker set

Check the field in the Breakpoints & Markers window toolbar

If necessary, click on the drop down arrow and select a different marker set

The Default set is normally used for debugging and is personal to your user ID; other marker sets are shared between all users within the model

Working with Marker Sets

Change how breakpoints and markers are grouped on the Breakpoint & Markers window

The breakpoints and markers can be grouped by Class or by code file

To group the items, click on the down arrow on the   icon in the toolbar, and click on the appropriate option

If you do not want to group the items, click on the selected option to deselect it; the breakpoints and markers are line listed by line number

Bound

Enabled

Disabled

Disabled

Not bound - this usually means that the DLL is not yet loaded or was not built with debug information

N/a

Failed - this usually means a break could not be set at this time

N/a

Failure to Bind Breakpoint