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Debug Preferences

Use this tab of the Designer Preferences dialog box to set Interaction Designer's default behavior during debugging sessions.

To display the Designer Preferences dialog box, click the Edit menu, click Preferences, and then click Designer Preferences.

Initial Breakpoint

This setting determines where the initial breakpoint will be in handlers where the initiator's exit path leads directly to a Notify Debugger step. The three options are:

Initiator – The handler will automatically pause on the initiator when the debugging session begins.
Notify Debugger – The handler will first pause on the Notify Debugger step when the debugging session begins. This means that the initiator will have already executed before the first breakpoint.
Prompt – The user will be prompted to set the initial breakpoint at the beginning of each debugging session.

Handlers that do not have a Notify Debugger step immediately following the initiator will always use the initiator as the initial breakpoint.

When Stopping a Debug Session

This determines ID's behavior when a debugging session is stopped before the handler has completed. The three options are:

Stop Handler Execution – IP will perform no further processing on the handler.
Continue Handler Execution – IP will take over processing of the handler and run it to its normal completion.
Prompt – The user will be prompted to choose one of the above two options.

Note: if the handler is stopped by closing the debug window, the handler will continue in IP regardless of these settings.

Watch Variables

Users may select how much information they want to see on their watched variables.

Display hex value for integers – If checked, the hex value of any integers will be shown in addition to their decimal values.
Display string length for strings – If checked, the length of string variables will be shown in addition to their values.