6.7 Choosing an application thread to debug

As we noted earlier, each application thread can have its own debugger or you can use one debugger window to view various threads one at a time. The command we have seen so far, Application > Debug, debugs only the application's main thread. To debug another thread in the application, choose Go > Threads from the debugger, project window, or editor. From the debugger window you can also use Thread > Select Thread.... To bring up multiple debugger windows, use Window > New Window from an existing debugger.

The Go > Threads command launches a browser on the application itself, treating it as an object consisting of one or more threads whose states are visible in a table. If you browse a particular thread, Functional Developer refreshes the existing debugger window to display the thread or opens a debugger window if none already exists.

You can then debug a thread from the table by double clicking, or by using the right-click popup menu. This action stops the thread if it is running, and opens a debugger window on it.

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Getting Started with Functional Developer - 31 MAR 2000