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Using the Process Developer Debug View

The Process Developer Debug perspective contains a Debug view that lets you manage the running or stepping through of a BPEL process that you have created or imported into Process Developer. It displays an execution tree associated with the process you are debugging.

The Process Developer Debug view is based on the Eclipse Debug view, and not all functions apply to Process Developer. You will notice that some icons, options, and preferences are unavailable in Process Developer.

The following illustration shows a sample Debug view. The table describes function keys available.

1	Resume (F8 key)	Resumes a suspended thread. Allow the process to run until the next breakpoint is encountered or until the process is completed.
2	Terminate	Terminates the selected debug target
3	Step Into (F5 Key)	The process executes until the next activity in the process is reached. If the activity is a container, such as a scope, if, while or for each, the execution of each activity in the container takes place. Tip: You can also step into an invoke activity that is a subprocess. For details, see Selecting an Invoke Subprocess for Simulation.
4	Step Over (F6 Key)	The process executes until the next activity in the process is reached. If a breakpoint is encountered, the execution suspends at the breakpoint.
5	Step Return (F7 Key)	Use this to return from a container that has been stepped into. Even though the step returns from the container, the remainder of the activities in the container are still executed.

In addition to the toolbar options, there are more options on the right mouse menu of a simulation thread item. The following illustration shows only the additional options, not all the options available on the right mouse menu.

Copy Stack	Copies the selected stack of suspended threads as well as the state of the running threads to the clipboard
Terminate and Remove	Terminates the selected debug target and removes it from the view
Relaunch	Start a new simulation
Terminate All	Terminates all active simulations in the view