One of the most exciting additions to Visual SmartWare are the powerful, state of the art, debugging tools. Using the latest technology you will be able to debug project processing code ’on the fly’ , color coded prompts, display of variable values, control breakpoints, multiple step options, and the ability to follow functions through execution in real time.   This new resource helps lower the development time.  At the same time,  it is much more convenient for a new or casual developer to fine tune and enhance their existing programs.  With all the new Windows technology available to SmartWare programmers, the need to more efficiently handle the debugging process will considerably shorten the learning curve.

New to the SPL Editor is a set of debugging tools. A short summary of each debugging feature follows.  These features are only available in the new SPL Editor. 

Breakpoints define a block of code.  Breakpoints can be set and act as markers. Once these blocks have been define the debugging process can skip over these blocks.

There are three options for step:

Step Into

Step Over

End Function

It is possible to access the call stack to see what function is at the top of the call stack.  If there is a doubt as to what is being performed, this may offer a method of confirming the current state of execution.

When a project is complied it can be compiled as a file which will support debugging or will not support debugging.  A completely debugged project file may not need to support debugging and performance may be improved.