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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.
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.

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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.
- 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.
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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.

Using the debugger

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You can use the DEBUG CONSOLE, the RUN AND DEBUG view, and the RUN AND DEBUG controls to help you with the debugging process.

Using the Debug Console

You can use the DEBUG CONSOLE to view information about the debugging process. You can also use it to enter GDB commands:

Using the Run and Debug view

You can use the RUN AND DEBUG view to help you with the debugging process. For example, examining call stacks is useful for seeing when an application's functions were executed relative to other system events. When you step through your code, the QNX Toolkit populates the Call Stack view with the call sequences that were active. You can double-click a call stack entry to open the associated source file at the corresponding line of code:

The different debugger views are as follows:


Column	Description
VARIABLES	View local variables and registers.
WATCH	Add watchpoints that dynamically update as you step through the code.
CALL STACK	Examine the thread call stacks for a particular time point in the code.
BREAKPOINTS	View and manage data breakpoints.

Using the Run and Debug controls

You can use the RUN AND DEBUG controls to help you with the debugging process.


Button	Description
Start	Start execution of a program.
Continue	Resume debugging of a currently suspended program until the next breakpoint or the end fo the program.
Step Over	Execute the current line, then suspend execution at the next line.
Step Into	Execute the current line, including the code inside of any routines, and proceed to the next statement.
Step Out	Continue exectuion within the current line, then suspend the program and return to the calling code.
Restart	Restart execution of a program.

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