[archive] Conditional breakpoints problem

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 11 March 2009]

I've noticed that it's impossible to use a conditional breakpoint in the debugger (version 8.0.0) when the program-id is long (for example, 16 characters). It's possible to set the breakpoint, but the program-id is truncated in the list of breakpoints and execution doesn't stop.

Has anyone else had this problem, and are there any workarounds, aside from making the program-id shorter?

I can not reproduce what you are experiencing.
I used the sample tour program and changed the Program-id to Touris16characterslong. I then set a condition breakpoint on the
ACCEPT Terminal-Abilities FROM Terminal-Info

The condition was based on data that came from the
ACCEPT System-Information FROM System-Info,

in this case I used the condition USER-ID="dilbert" and the program stopped at the breakpoint.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 11 March 2009]

I've noticed that it's impossible to use a conditional breakpoint in the debugger (version 8.0.0) when the program-id is long (for example, 16 characters). It's possible to set the breakpoint, but the program-id is truncated in the list of breakpoints and execution doesn't stop.

Has anyone else had this problem, and are there any workarounds, aside from making the program-id shorter?

There must be something additional going on, then. Thanks for taking a look at it.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 11 March 2009]

I've noticed that it's impossible to use a conditional breakpoint in the debugger (version 8.0.0) when the program-id is long (for example, 16 characters). It's possible to set the breakpoint, but the program-id is truncated in the list of breakpoints and execution doesn't stop.

Has anyone else had this problem, and are there any workarounds, aside from making the program-id shorter?

There is a known problem setting breakpoints from the debugger prompt (e.g. "b 0,longnameprog"). The name truncates at 10 characters. This is fixed by ECN-3812 in Version 8.1.1, for which there is not yet a release date.

If you have a current support contract you may contact Customer Care to inquire if there is a patch available for your platform.

In the meantime to set such a breakpoint you must step into the program, place the cursor on the line to break, then press F4.

Regards,