Setting Global Debugging Options
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You can set global debugging options that will persist for all of
your debugging sessions. For information on setting debugging options for
a project, see Setting Project Debugging
Options.
To set global debugging options:
- Choose Tools > Options.
- In the Options window, select Miscellaneous in the left pane.
- In the Miscellaneous pane, select the Debugging Options tab, and
select the category of options you want to set, and set the options.
You can set the following global debugging options:
- Suppress Startup Messages For Versions Below. Determines the
highest dbx version number to have its startup banner suppressed.
- Finish Debug Session When Program Ends. Determines
whether the debug session is automatically terminated when the
program being debugged finishes executing.
- Front the Debugger Window When A Program Is Loaded. Determines
whether the Debugging window is brought to the front when a program is loaded.
- Front The Program I/O Tab The First Time A Program Creates Output.
Determines whether the Process I/O tab is brought to the front of
the Debugging window the first time a program creates output.
- Front The dbx Commands Tab When The Program Stops. Determines
whether dbx Commands tab is brought to the front of the Debugging window
when the program stops.
- Front The Access Errors Tab When An Error is Detected. Determines
whether the Accesse Errors tab is brought to the front when a memory access
error is detected.
- Front the Memory Usage Or Leaks Tab When a Report is Created. Determines
whether the Memory Usage or Memory Leaks tab is
brought to the front when a memory usage report or memory leaks report is created.
- Open the Threads View When Loading In A Multithreaded Program.
Determines whether the Threads tab is opened when a multithreaded
program is loaded.
- Open the Sessions View When Loading a Second Session. Determines
whether the Sessions tab is opened when a second debugging session
is started.
- Maximum Lines Of Output For list Command. Determines the
maximum number of lines of output for the dbx list command.
- Save And Restore Breakpoints. Determines whether
breakpoints will be saved and restored in the next debugging session.
- Trace Pause Interval (in seconds). Determines the time
interval between the execution of each line of code when tracing.
- Allow Step To Start Process. Determines whether a
step, next, stepi, or nexti
command starts a process that is in the "ready to run" state and
stops on the first line.
- Balloon Expression Evaluation. Determines whether the balloon
expression evaluation feature is enabled.
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