User`s guide

Agilent VEE Programming Techniques Chapter 2
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Stepping Through a Program
Stepping through a program is a very effective debugging
tool. VEE has functions to Step Into, Step Over, and Step
Out of objects.
To activate stepping, click the Step Into, Step Over, or Step
Out buttons on the tool bar, shown in Figure 71.
Figure 71 Step Into, Step Over, and Step Out Buttons on the Toolbar
• Step Into executes a program one object at a time. If the
program reaches a UserObject or UserFunction, VEE puts
the UserObject or UserFunction into detail view and
executes each of the objects inside it.
• Step Over and Step Out execute a program one object at a
time, without opening UserObjects or UserFunctions. If
the program reaches a UserObject or UserFunction, VEE
executes the UserObject or UserFunction in its entirety.
For example, to step through a program:
1 Open the simple-program_with_panel.vee program.
2 Click the Step Into button on the tool bar.
3 As you keep clicking Step Into, the colored outlines
around the objects guide you through the program
sequentially.
When stepping, VEE puts the Panel View behind the Detail
View to show you the order of objects as they execute.
Within Main the input boxes have no input pins connected,
Step Into
Step Over
Step Out