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Breakpoints and stepping not working in VS2015
Sep 21st, 2016 at 8:22am
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I have just installed VisualMicro 1609.20.0, I am trying to debug a basic led example. If I set a breakpoint before downloading the sketch to an Arduino UNO, the breakpoint get hit correctly.

I cannot however step through the code from that point, nor can I set any additional breakpoints. Nor can I inspect any variables.

Any ideas that might help would be much appreciated.

  
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Re: Breakpoints and stepping not working in VS2015
Reply #1 - Sep 21st, 2016 at 1:54pm
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Hi,

Arduino doesn't normally have debug so the Visual Micro debugger is a software debugger that injects debug commands in a temp copy of the code ruing compilation.

As such you have to set all breakpoints prior to compilation and then you can only step between them.

For watch expressions you also have to set them before upload. Use the breakpoint "when hit" to set watch expressions and/or messages. 

Adding =? allows expressions to be changed during debug.

All this is described in the documentation please see the debug section http://www.visualmicro.com/page/User-Guide.aspx?doc=index

Alternatively if you have a Segger or ICE hardware debugger Visual Micro can use that instead.

  
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Re: Breakpoints and stepping not working in VS2015
Reply #2 - Sep 28th, 2016 at 10:44pm
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I have VS community 2015 and bought the hobby pro of visual micro to try. when I right click I only get conditions actions and edit labels. I dont get the when hit to look at variables. can you help with what I might be doing wrong?

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Re: Breakpoints and stepping not working in VS2015
Reply #3 - Sep 29th, 2016 at 12:57pm
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I prefer the older dialog based system of VS2013 and below. It's less confusing.

The "when hit" message has been grouped into the "actions" where you specify the message
  
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