Debugging Window

In the Debugging window, the central debugging window in Sun WorkShop, you'll find the following components. To open this window, in the Sun WorkShop Main Window, choose Debug New Program or Debug Show Debugging Window.

Debug Menu	Provides commands to debug a program, process, or core file; customize options; and manage sessions
Execute Menu	Provides commands to run or single-step through lines of code
Data Menu	Provides commands to evaluate and change the selection in the Debugging window
Threads Menu	Provides commands to hide and expose threads in the Threads display
Stack Menu	Provides commands to move up, down, and pop the stack
Checks Menu	Provides commands to enable and use runtime checking
Windows Menu	Provides commands to open the Breakpoints, Data Display, and other debugging windows
Help Menu	Provides commands to enable the help viewer
Debug Tool Bar	Provides quick access to the most common debugging operations
Data History Tab	Displays history when evaluating expressions, querying for type, and modifying values
Data Display Tab	Allows you to watch the change in value of an expression over the course of program execution.
Program I/O Tab	Displays all input and output activities of the program being debugged
Expression Pane	Lets you specify an expression and evaluate it, track changes in its value, display its type, or assign it a new value
Sessions Tab	Lists current debugging sessions
Threads Tab	Lists information about the threads in a multithreaded program
Breakpoints Tab	Displays a scrolling list of breakpoints and tracepoints assigned in your program
Stack Pane	Shows you the current state of the call stack
Dbx Commands Window	Lets you enter and view the output of dbx commands (displayed only if Show Dbx commands window in a separate window is set to No in the Window Layout category in the Debugging Options window)
Debugger Message Area	Displays messages about operations in the Debugging window