Setting the Trace Speed

Related Topics:

Debugging Behavior Defaults

When Sun WorkShop follows a trace, it places a green arrow glyph to the left of the line that is about to be executed. Usually, the code executes so fast that you can't see much.

To make the trace easier to watch, you can control the time interval between the execution of each line of code. The default interval is .5 seconds.

To reset the trace interval:

1. In the Debugging Window, choose Debug Debugging Options. Or, in the Sun WorkShop main window, choose Options Debugging Options.

2. In the Debugging Options Dialog Box, click the Debugging Behavior tab.

3. In the Trace pause interval text box, type a new time interval.

4. Click OK to change the speed for the current session, or click Save As Defaults to make the interval the new default.

The appropriate destructors for local variables are automatically called when you pop a frame. In certain cases, you may want to disable this feature.

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

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