Class DebugMenu

Namespace: Alternet.Scripter.Debugger.UI

Assembly: Alternet.Scripter.Debugger.UI.v10.dll

Represents a collection of the menu items used to execute debugger-related commands.

public class DebugMenu : ToolStripMenuItem, IDropTarget, IComponent, IDisposable

Inheritance: object

MarshalByRefObject

Component

ToolStripItem

ToolStripDropDownItem

ToolStripMenuItem

DebugMenu

Implements: IDropTarget

IComponent

IDisposable

Examples

Here is how to declare a DebugMenu from the C# code:

using Alternet.Scripter.Debugger;
using Alternet.Scripter.Debugger.UI;

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        var debugger = new ScriptDebugger();
        var debugMenu = new DebugMenu();
        debugMenu.Debugger = debugger;
        debugMenu.DebuggerPreStartup += OnDebuggerPreStartup;
    }

    private void OnDebuggerPreStartup(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Debugger is about to start");
    }
}

Here is how to declare a DebugMenu from the Visual Basic code:

Imports System
Imports Alternet.Scripter.Debugger
Imports Alternet.Scripter.Debugger.UI

Partial Public Class Form1
    Inherits Form
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        Dim debugger = New ScriptDebugger()
        Dim debugMenu = New DebugMenu()
        debugMenu.Debugger = debugger
        AddHandler debugMenu.DebuggerPreStartup, AddressOf OnDebuggerPreStartup
    End Sub

    Private Sub OnDebuggerPreStartup(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Debugger is about to start")
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

DebugMenu contains a collection of menu items that represent commonly used debugging commands like step-by-step execution, stopping on breakpoints, examining local variables, expression evaluations, etc.

The most important properties of the DebugMenu are:

The Debugger property specifies the ScriptDebugger instance, which commands are executed by this control.

The AllowedDebuggerCommands property represents a set of commands displayed by this menu.

The CommandsListener property represents an object that allows custom handling for all commands executed via this menu.

Constructors

DebugMenu(): Initializes a new instance of the DebugMenu class with default settings.

Properties

AllowedDebuggerCommands: Gets or sets an allowed commands.

CommandsListener: Gets or sets a list of the Debugger commands for the Debugger UI.

Debugger: Gets or sets IScriptDebuggerBase which commands will be displayed by this control.

DefaultCommands: Gets IDebuggerUICommands processed by this menu.

ImagesResourceNameSuffix

Methods

Localize(): Localizes string resources.

OnAllowedDebuggerCommandsChanged()

ShouldSerializeAllowedDebuggerCommands(): Indicates whether the AllowedDebuggerCommands property should be persisted.

UpdateShortcut(string, Keys): Updates shortcut associated with a particular menu item.

Events

DebuggerPreStartup: Occurs when the execution of a program is started.

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