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tb-software Newbies Offline Posts: 6 Joined: Oct 20^th, 2022	Debugger is not stopping on Breakpoint in VisualStudio 2019 - Arduino Nano Oct 24^th, 2022 at 10:34pm	Print Post
	I am very new to Visual Micro. I saw several manuals how it simple should work. I have tried several settings, but it never stops on breakpoint in VisualStudio. I want to read the "counter" variable and hold on there. Video how I tried: https://youtu.be/LxmXS_zpZfU How to let the System break on breakpoint?
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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12191 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Debugger is not stopping on Breakpoint in VisualStudio 2019 - Arduino Nano Reply #1 - Oct 24^th, 2022 at 10:42pm	Print Post
	Hi, Change the configuration "Release" on the toolbar to "Debug". Then upload again. The default settings ensure that Release always gives a normal Arduino compile and "Debug" adds serial/usb debugging. Another point to note is that the way the serial debugger works means the breakpoint on the "If" statement at line 36 will be hit inside, at the beginning, of the "if". That's different to normal debuggers. The docs are the best place to look for tutorials https://www.visualmicro.com/page/User-Guide.aspx?doc=index
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tb-software Newbies Offline Posts: 6 Joined: Oct 20^th, 2022	Re: Debugger is not stopping on Breakpoint in VisualStudio 2019 - Arduino Nano Reply #2 - Oct 24^th, 2022 at 10:48pm	Print Post
	And you DID MY DAY!! I tried same in VirtualBox but did not work. Now I bought license and used without virtualisation and it worked. I forgot Debug while re-installing. So thank you for that hint.


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tb-software Newbies Offline Posts: 6 Joined: Oct 20^th, 2022	Re: Debugger is not stopping on Breakpoint in VisualStudio 2019 - Arduino Nano Reply #3 - Oct 24^th, 2022 at 10:51pm	Print Post
	Because I like to support such great help, let me also post how it looks after all is working. https://youtu.be/5uAsVS9Ss9M


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tb-software Newbies Offline Posts: 6 Joined: Oct 20^th, 2022	Re: Debugger is not stopping on Breakpoint in VisualStudio 2019 - Arduino Nano Reply #4 - Oct 24^th, 2022 at 10:54pm	Print Post
	Question: Where to read the value of "counter" variable?


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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12191 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Debugger is not stopping on Breakpoint in VisualStudio 2019 - Arduino Nano Reply #5 - Oct 24^th, 2022 at 11:06pm	Print Post
	If you look for the "Using Breakpoint Counters" link on the docs page it shows some useful info https://www.visualmicro.com/page/User-Guide.aspx


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tb-software Newbies Offline Posts: 6 Joined: Oct 20^th, 2022	Re: Debugger is not stopping on Breakpoint in VisualStudio 2019 - Arduino Nano Reply #6 - Oct 25^th, 2022 at 5:14am	Print Post
	I saw the condition. But there is no possibility to read back the current status of values? Only by self made Serial.print()? Or is there any hardware I can use?
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Simon@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 2712 Joined: Feb 13^th, 2019	Re: Debugger is not stopping on Breakpoint in VisualStudio 2019 - Arduino Nano Reply #7 - Oct 25^th, 2022 at 8:54am	Print Post
	You can output the value into the Expressions window, and in the Output window as part of messages: https://www.visualmicro.com/page/User-Guide.aspx?doc=Working-With-Breakpoints-Wh... e.g. in the Breakpoint action add the below text, and then build and upload to the board again: Code Counter is {counter}


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tb-software Newbies Offline Posts: 6 Joined: Oct 20^th, 2022	Re: Debugger is not stopping on Breakpoint in VisualStudio 2019 - Arduino Nano Reply #8 - Oct 26^th, 2022 at 11:44am	Print Post
	Great support. To share this knowledge for newbies like me in a "sample", you can download the sample project in attachment. Kind regards Timo https://youtu.be/z9ZVT2Nhbyc

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