Execution commands

While working on a project, you may want to launch it to see if it behaves as expected, and if not to find out where the problem is located.

There are several ways to launch the application you are working on from EiffelStudio:

• Run a finalized executable , where no debug is possible.
• Launch an application and enable its debugging
  • Launch and stop as soon as the application encounters a breakpoint
  • Launch and do not stop when encountering breakpoints

• Execute one step in the application
  • Step into a feature
  • Execute one line
  • Exit a feature

Once the application is launched in debug mode, you can pause it at any time to see its current state or you can stop its execution completely.

• In addition, you can also detach an application being debugged, and there is an experimental solution to attach the debugger to the Eiffel application launched outside EiffelStudio.

All these commands are accessible either through the Execution menu, or through the project toolbar.

See Also: The Eiffel Compiler