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QNX Toolkit for Visual Studio Code
This User's Guide describes the QNX^® Toolkit for Visual Studio Code. The guide introduces you to the QNX Toolkit by explaining the QNX development environment and how to build, run, and debug your QNX^® Operating System (OS) applications and systems.
Debugging and Launching
The QNX Toolkit allows you to debug or run an application remotely on a QNX target.

QNX Momentics IDE User's Guide
This User's Guide describes version 8.0 of the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that's part of the QNX Tool Suite.
QNX Software Development Platform
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QNX Software in the Cloud
QNX Software in the Cloud enables developers to use the QNX software in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure (Azure).
QNX Toolkit for Visual Studio Code
This User's Guide describes the QNX^® Toolkit for Visual Studio Code. The guide introduces you to the QNX Toolkit by explaining the QNX development environment and how to build, run, and debug your QNX^® Operating System (OS) applications and systems.
- About the QNX Toolkit
  The QNX Toolkit for the Visual Studio Code provides VS Code users with access to the world-class POSIX-based QNX development environment.
- Using the Target Navigator
  The QNX development environment consists of a host and a target machine.
- Developing QNX Projects
  The QNX Toolkit contains wizards for creating projects based on specific programming languages.
- Debugging and Launching
  The QNX Toolkit allows you to debug or run an application remotely on a QNX target.
  - Launching an application
    You can launch an application with or without the debugger. To debug an application, you can also attach the debugger to an already running process.
  - Using the debugger
    You can use the DEBUG CONSOLE, the RUN AND DEBUG view, and the RUN AND DEBUG controls to help you with the debugging process.
  - Customizing launch configurations
    You can customize the launch configuration by editing the launch.json file or creating multiple launch configurations.
- Using the System Profiler
  You can use the System Profiler to render different types of trace analysis, such as graphs and tables.
- References
  The reference topics provide information about QNX Toolkit features and workflows that aren't covered in the other chapters.
- Tutorials
  Tutorials aim to help you understand how to use QNX Toolkit with your own applications by providing step-by-step guides.
- Glossary
  To make best use of the QNX Toolkit, we recommend that you become familiar with the following terms, which are used throughout the user interface and documentation.
QNX Hypervisor User's Guide
This User's Guide explains the QNX hypervisor architecture and provides instructions for installing and running a QNX Hypervisor system, changing system components and configuration, and using hypervisor features such as virtual devices (vdevs).
Typographical Conventions, Support, and Licensing
This section describes the typographical conventions used throughout the documentation, explains how to obtain technical support, and provides some information about licensing.

Debugging and Launching

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The QNX Toolkit allows you to debug or run an application remotely on a QNX target.

When you create a project, the QNX Toolkit generates the default launch configuration file, launch.json, which stores settings related to program execution, setup, or analysis. It is located in the .vscode folder of the project. To view and customize the launch.json file or to create multiple launch configurations, refer to Customizing launch configurations.

The following running modes are supported:

Launching an application without the debugger
Launching an application with the debugger
Attaching the debugger to an existing running process

The following modes aren't supported:

Postmortem debugging (core file)
Intercepting crash signals to launch the debugger

Note:

A workaround is available for postmortem debugging of core files.

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