Setting the Default Mode to Quick Mode

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Quick Mode is a debugging feature that allows you to run your program normally but with debugging ready in the background to take over the process at any point. If your program terminates abnormally, the debugger is there to save the program before it core dumps.

If all you want to do is run your program as quickly as possible, but you might still need to do some debugging, select Quick Mode when you start the debugger. The Debugging window opens, but otherwise your program runs exactly as if you were running it from the shell; the symbols for the program are not loaded.

If the program encounters a condition that would cause it to terminate, the debugger switches to Debug mode, and the symbols for the program are loaded, causing a delay, but leaving you with an active program and full debugging functionality. You can set a default so that you always begin debugging a program in Quick Mode.

To set the default to Quick Mode:

: 1. In the Debugging Window, choose Debug Debugging Options.

: 2. In the Debugging Options Dialog Box, clidk the Debugging Performance tab
: 3. Click the Quick Mode radio button.
: 4. Click OK to save changes for the current session, or click Save As Defaults and then click OK to save as the new default for all sessions.

Note - This option is equivalent to the dbx run_quick Environment Variable.