Talk to me about debugging

I run my programs with F5. I can use F11 to step through them. But, if
it moves to another class or something suddenly it just runs w/o asking
or telling me. I want it to continue making me press F11. Any advice?

Also at the bottom of the IDE are Index Results, Command Window, and
Output windows. I get the command window and output window. I don't
know what the index results window is. And isn't there some window that
I can open that lists variables etc that are currently in memory and
their values? Right now I have to type "? variable" in the command
window. Comments requested and welcomed.

Hi CJ,

The Autos Window displays the variables in the current line and the
previous line (Visual C#) or the variables in the current line (where
you've set a breakpoint), and three lines on either side of the current
line.

The Locals Windows is a more detailed version of the Autos Window,
since it lists the values of ALL variables and objects.

I personally prefer the Autos Window during Debugging.

HTH,

Regards,

Cerebrus.

Debugging "stops" when the program resumes "listening to events".... i.e.
your class is a Form and you just finished stepping through a Button_Click
event. There's no where else to go. No code is executing (except for the
behind the scenes message pump).

Hunt through the View menu and Debug -> Windows menu to see those other
windows you're after (Locals, Watch, etc).

--
-C. Moya
www.cmoya.com
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>I run my programs with F5. I can use F11 to step through them. But, if it
>moves to another class or something suddenly it just runs w/o asking or
>telling me. I want it to continue making me press F11. Any advice?
>
> Also at the bottom of the IDE are Index Results, Command Window, and
> Output windows. I get the command window and output window. I don't know
> what the index results window is. And isn't there some window that I can
> open that lists variables etc that are currently in memory and their
> values? Right now I have to type "? variable" in the command window.
> Comments requested and welcomed.

Hi Cj,
Welcome to MSDN Newsgroup!

I hope the following article is also helpful for you:
Title: Debugging VB .NET Applications
URL: http://www.startvbdotnet.com/forms/debug.aspx

Best Regards,

Terry Fei [MSFT]
Microsoft Community Support
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>I run my programs with F5. I can use F11 to step through them. But, if
>it moves to another class or something suddenly it just runs w/o asking
>or telling me. I want it to continue making me press F11. Any advice?
>
>Also at the bottom of the IDE are Index Results, Command Window, and
>Output windows. I get the command window and output window. I don't
>know what the index results window is. And isn't there some window that
>I can open that lists variables etc that are currently in memory and
>their values? Right now I have to type "? variable" in the command
>window. Comments requested and welcomed.
>

> I run my programs with F5. I can use F11 to step through them. But,
> if it moves to another class or something suddenly it just runs w/o
> asking or telling me. I want it to continue making me press F11. Any
> advice?
>
> Also at the bottom of the IDE are Index Results, Command Window, and
> Output windows. I get the command window and output window. I don't
> know what the index results window is. And isn't there some window
> that I can open that lists variables etc that are currently in memory
> and their values? Right now I have to type "? variable" in the
> command window. Comments requested and welcomed.
>

It is possible your code has moved from a section compiled in debug mode
to one compiled in release mode.

As for your debugging window question, in addition to the Autos and Locals
window, there is a Immediate window and Watch window which you may wish to
investigate. Additionally, you can right click on a property and select QuickWatch
to see a listing of all of it's property values at that time.

Jim Wooley