Microsoft Access 2010 Bible

Chapter 14: Debugging Your Access Applications

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FIGURE 14.17

The Immediate window contains a lot of valuable information.

Code at break point

Using? to display variable’s value Locals window Immediate window

The most fundamental operation at a breakpoint is to walk through the code, one statement at a

time, enabling you to view what’s happening to the application’s logic and variables. After you’ve

reached a breakpoint, you use a few keystroke combinations to control the execution of the appli-

cation. You’re able to step through code one statement at a time, automatically walk through the

local procedure, or step over the procedure and continue execution on the “other side” of the

procedure.

In Figure 14.18, a breakpoint has been inserted near the top of the FillRecordset1() func-

tion. When execution reaches this statement a breakpoint asserts itself, allowing you to take con-

trol of program execution.