Breakpoints 

 

Setting and editing breakpoints, too, in the new Debugger is almost identical to the classic Debugger. However, several breakpoints can be set simultaneously in the new Debugger if you choose the path Breakpoint → Create Breakpoint. Afterwards, the system displays a window in which the following options are available.

 

 

Here it is obvious that, in contrast to the classic Debugger, all the input fields – with the exception of those in the ABAP command tab – have a search help function (function key F4). For example, under the Method tab you enter a certain class. Then, in the search help, all the methods that belong to this class are proposed.

There are also certain differences when setting and deleting breakpoints. A double-click within a source code line creates a breakpoint in this line in both Debugger types, provided the cursor was not positioned on an ABAP keyword. A second double-click in the same line deletes this breakpoint in the classic Debugger, while it is only deactivated in the new Debugger.

 

 

Breakpoint Types

 

When you set a breakpoint in the Debugger, it is created as a debugger breakpoint by default. A debugger breakpoint is only valid while the Debugger instance, in which it was set, is active. When the Debugger is closed, all debugger breakpoints set in it are deleted.

 

If you set a breakpoint in the ABAP Editor, for example, this breakpoint is a session breakpoint. Session breakpoints remain active independently of the existence of a Debugger and are valid for all external sessions of a logon. Within the Debugger, you can convert a debugger breakpoint into a session breakpoint and vice versa.

If the setting Session Breakpoints Active Immediately is checked (via Utilities → Settings → ABAP Editor → Debugging in the ABAP Editor or Object Navigator), you can set a session breakpoint in an external session of a logon to force a running program into the Debugger that runs in the same logon (for example, in an external session) and will process the point at which the session breakpoint was set.

 

User breakpoints (previously known as external breakpoints) are valid for all user logons on the current server of the current system. User breakpoints are specifically required when debugging BSP or Web Dynpro applications. In these cases, you do not log on using the SAP GUI but via a browser, for example. Therefore, any breakpoints must be set before logging on.

User breakpoints are only valid for a period of 2 hours.

As of Release 7.00, user breakpoints set for BSP or Web Dynpro applications are also valid for SAP GUI logons.

Within the Debugger, you can convert debugger or session breakpoints into user breakpoints and vice versa.