The Debugger is an integral component of Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge. It is an interactive tool that provides a full set of tools for testing and debugging programs. It works directly with the ABL Editor, making it easy to identify and fix problems as you work.

The following are the key features of the debug launch configurations provided in the Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge:

  • Attachable Debugger - The debug launch configuration type allows you to attach the Debugger to an external AVM (which can be an ABL client running on the same machine or a remote machine).
  • SpeedScript debugging - Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge allows you to debug .w files that are generated from HTML files in a SpeedScript editor.
  • Standalone Debugger functionality - Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge provides all the debugging features that are available with the standalone OpenEdge Debugger.

You can use the Debugger in Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge to run multiple debugging sessions. Each session uses a dedicated instance of the OpenEdge runtime engine, and provides these benefits:

  • Debugging multiple programs simultaneously, whether the programs are in the same project or in different projects.
  • Debugging multiple instances of the same program.
  • Editing the source code using all Editor features, while a debugging session is active.
  • Stepping through the code, line by line, or stop at specified lines and then resume execution from those points.
  • Examining data from the procedure you are running, including the names and contents of variables it defines.
  • Attaching the Debugger to a running process.
  • Debugging programs running on a remote machine.

The standalone OpenEdge Debugger

In addition to the Debugger provided by Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge, OpenEdge provides a standalone Debugger that runs with any OpenEdge application.

To launch the standalone OpenEdge Debugger, select Debugger from the Progress OpenEdge program group on the Windows Start > Programs menu.

For the purposes of this online help, however, all references to "the OpenEdge Debugger" or "Debugger" pertain to the Debugger in Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge.