CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c++debuggingvisual-studio-2012
user178379
user178379

Reputation: 248

VS 2012: Debugger: "Break all in 5 seconds"

My program is using too much CPU power when I select text. And I don't know why. Normally I'd just press "Break all" to see what the program is currently doing. But in this case I'm busy selecting text with the mouse.

Is there any trick to delay the "Break all" command for a few seconds?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 356

Answers (3)

Dialecticus
Dialecticus

Reputation: 16789

You can sprinkle all your suspicious code with special kind of breakpoints that do not stop execution, but print a message in Output window.

Add a breakpoint, go to Breakpoints window, find the breakpoint that was just added, right-click, select "When Hit...", in new window select "Print a message". Make sure check box "Continue execution" is checked (it should be by default). Breakpoint icon will change from circle to diamond. Repeat this for several breakpoints.

You can adjust the text that breakpoint will display to whatever you need.

Upvotes: 0

PMF
PMF

Reputation: 17328

Press CTRL-Break while selecting. This should bring the debugger up immediately.

Upvotes: 0

Andriy Tylychko
Andriy Tylychko

Reputation: 16286

you can start a separate thread with Sleep(5000); DebugBreak();

Upvotes: 8

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