Disabling a Breakpoint

Debugging and Analysis > Source Debugger > Using the Source Debugger > Working with Breakpoints and Data Breakpoints

Disabling a Breakpoint

To disable a set breakpoint:

1. Click on the breakpoint or data breakpoint within the source code or the breakpoints tab of the Source Debugger: Action window.

2. Click the Enable/Disable Breakpoint button.

When a breakpoint is disabled, the entry in the breakpoints tab of the Action Window is not removed, but in conjunction with the indicator in the code window, changes in appearance:

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This allows you to prevent a breakpoint from suspending execution when the statement containing it is executed, but it makes it easy to locate the breakpoint within the source code. Double-clicking the disabled entry within the breakpoints tab positions the code window at the source code corresponding to the breakpoint.

If the breakpoint being disabled currently has suspended threads waiting (i.e. it has been hit and not yet continued past), then disabling the breakpoint releases any waiting threads.