breakpoint

Pauses the handler and displays the debugger window.

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop, server OS: mac, windows, linux Introduced: 1.0 Security:

# Syntax

breakpoint

# Examples

breakpoint

if x > 0 then breakpoint

# Description

Use the breakpoint command to aid in debug a handler. It is especially useful for checking to see whether values are staying in the correct range as the handler executes.

The breakpoint command has no effect unless the stack is running in the LiveCode development environment..

# Tags

# See

- **command:** answer, do - **glossary:** value, handler, range, development environment, execute, debugger, debug, command - **object:** stack