A source breakpoint is a defined place in a script where the application passes control to the Debugger. Source breakpoints can pass control to the Debugger only between statements. Therefore, when you are setting source breakpoints and you choose a line of code that is not the beginning of a statement, the Debugger searches back through the script until it finds the start of a statement and places the breakpoint there.

When a running application encounters a source breakpoint, it passes control to the Debugger just before the execution of the statement on which the breakpoint is positioned. If the line on which you placed the breakpoint contains more than one statement, the Debugger gains control before the first statement on the line.

There are a number of ways to access a script to set source breakpoints:

You can set source breakpoints in a script in any of the facilities described in Ways to Set Source Breakpoints.

Move to the line in the script where you want to put the breakpoint and click the line number.

The Debugger inserts a breakpoint at that line, as indicated by a Stop sign icon:

For more information on how to deactivate or reactivate a breakpoint, see Deactivate and Reactivate Break Conditions.

A breakpoint appears as a Stop sign icon in a script. You can remove source breakpoints by deleting them from the script in either the Debugger or the Processed Script windows or on the Source Breakpoints portlet of the Debug tab.