Starting a Java Server-Side Component Debugging Session

Thanks for using this pre-release version of Visual J++.

To debug a Java server-side component

1. Start Visual J++.
   
   
2. On the File menu, click Open Project.
   
   
3. On the Existing tab of the Open Project dialog box, select your server-side component project.
   
   
4. In Project Explorer, expand your projectÆs node, and double-click your componentÆs .java file to load it into the Text editor.
   
   
5. On the Debug menu, click Processes to display the Processes dialog box.
   
   
6. In the Processes section of the dialog box, select Microsoft Active Server Pages.
   
   
7. Click Attach.

   This puts your project in run mode and loads the debugger.

8. From within the Text editor, set a breakpoint within a public method of your componentÆs class.
   
   
9. From Internet Explorer, set a breakpoint after the script calls the server-side component in your .asp page.
   
   
10. From Internet Explorer, click Refresh.

    The scripting code calls the component and breaks on the line where youÆve set the breakpoint.

The environment and your project are now ready for you to continue debugging your component with the debuggerÆs windows and general features for setting breakpoints, stepping through code, continuing after an error, and handling exceptions. See the topics in Basic Debugging Procedures and the tables in The Debugging Process for a list of these features and their supporting documentation.