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You can switch back to the schematic tab and you will see exactly the same status as in the
active popups. When you stop the simulation (from the animation control panel) the active
popups will disappear and VSM Studio will switch from its 'debugging layout' to its 'design
layout' where you can once again edit and compile your source code.
You can only create or adjust active popups on the schematic when the simulation
is stopped. You can however resize active popups inside VSM Studio by dragging
while the simulation is running.
Now that we have configured our active popups we can start to look at how to debug problems
when things don't quite work the first time.
Basic Debugging
Much of the real power of Proteus VSM comes from its debugging capabilities. We have already
seen how we can write code and test during free running simulation and we'll now look at how
to step through our code in simulation time.
Start the simulation with the pause button on the animation control panel
The program will switch to the VSM Studio tab, active popups will display on the right hand side,
the main panel will report a 'no source line message' and a list of program variables will appear
at the bottom of your screen.