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Re: Breakpoints in IDL 6.2 (windows) [message #45234 is a reply to message #45158]

Thu, 18 August 2005 08:53

eddie haskell
Messages: 29
Registered: September 1998

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Maybe not your problem but I have found that if I have the "Enable Open
on debug" preference unchecked then breakpoints do not work well at all,
giving me a behaviour such as you have described.

Just something else to check.

Cheers,
eddie

David Fanning wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I'm having a problem with breakpoints and I'm working with RSI,
> trying to do a little research on what the problem might be.
> This happens in IDL 6.2, Windows version.
>
> I apparently have saved a project in which a file I was
> working on had a breakpoint in it. Now, when I open the project
> I can no longer set breakpoints in *any* file in the project.
> If I open the file in question, I see a "broken yellow circle",
> which normally indicates the file needs to be compiled to "set"
> the breakpoint. However, if I compile the file, the yellow dot
> disappears. When I run the file, there is no break.
>
> If I look at the Edit Breakpoint dialog, I can see the
> breakpoint there, and I can even remove it. But I can still
> not set breakpoints in any file in the project. If I remove
> all the breakpoints with the Edit Breakpoint dialog, and then
> save the project, I *still* cannot set breakpoints when I open
> the project in a fresh IDL session.
>
> Since I am not a good enough programmer to write programs
> without bugs, I am perplexed. :-(
>
> Has anyone else seen this problem? Do you have any clues
> as to what is going on? I guess I'm going to try re-installing
> IDL eventually. But I wanted to see if I could come up with a
> better solution before I resort to that.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David

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		Breakpoints in IDL 6.2 (windows) By: David Fanning on Wed, 17 August 2005 14:02
		Re: Breakpoints in IDL 6.2 (windows) By: Werner on Fri, 19 August 2005 02:29
		Re: Breakpoints in IDL 6.2 (windows) By: eddie haskell on Thu, 18 August 2005 08:53
		Re: Breakpoints in IDL 6.2 (windows) By: David on Thu, 18 August 2005 08:05
		Re: Breakpoints in IDL 6.2 (windows) By: David Fanning on Thu, 18 August 2005 08:02
		Re: Breakpoints in IDL 6.2 (windows) By: Werner on Thu, 18 August 2005 07:55

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