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  2. 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.

  3. 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

    QNX SDP is a cross-compiling and debugging environment, including an IDE and command-line tools, for building binary images and programs for target boards running the QNX OS 8.0.

  • QNX Software in the Cloud

    QNX Software in the Cloud enables developers to use the QNX OS in the Amazon cloud environment.

  • 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 QNX Toolkit

      QNX Toolkit for Visual Studio Code provides Visual Studio 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 (without the debugger)

        You can run a program without the debugger by using a command or a launch configuration file.

      • Debugging an application

        You can run a program with the debugger by using either a command or a launch configuration file.

    • 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 isn't covered in the other chapters.

    • 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

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

The following debugging and launching modes are supported:
  • Launching an application (without the debugger)
  • Running an application with the debugger (gdb)
  • Attaching the debugger to existing running process
The following modes aren't supported:
  • Post-mortem debugging (core file)
  • Intercepting crash signals to launch the debugger
Page updated: March 05, 2025