Appeon Debugger contains all the views provided by PowerBuilder Debugger except for Instances View and Objects in Memory view. Each Appeon Debugger view shows almost the same information as its counterpart in PowerBuilder Debugger. The following table summarizes the general differences between the two.
Table 32. Comparing the views in Appeon Debugger and PowerBuilder Debugger
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Views |
Unique to Appeon Debugger (Unavailable in PowerBuilder Debugger) |
Unique to PowerBuilder Debugger (Unavailable in Appeon Debugger) |
|---|---|---|
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Source |
Identifies Appeon unsupported features with the icon
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|
Source Browser |
None |
List of system events, or the events and functions defined in parent classes, or some special events (such as Menu OnCreate event) |
|
Source History |
None |
None |
|
Variables |
The values of variables unsupported by Appeon are marked as "unsupported". The Global view displays all global variables used in the application, while PowerBuilder Debugger only displays instantiated global variables. |
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|
Call Stack |
None |
None |
|
Breakpoints |
None |
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|
Watch |
Appeon Debugger handles some expressions in a unique way. |
Break on changes popup menu item |
Although the views of Appeon Debugger and PowerBuilder Debugger look similar, they cannot be used together. For example, the breakpoints set in Appeon Debugger cannot be recognized by PowerBuilder Debugger, and vice versa.
