Debugging Test Method Programs - Agilent Technologies 93000 SOC Series Training Manual

Lesson 2 – Creating a Test Method
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Debugging Test Method Programs

SmarTest uses the HP WDB GUI for debugging test method
programs. The HP WDB GUI is a graphical user interface (GUI)
designed by Hewlett-Packard for the WDB debugger.
Starting the WDB
For starting to debug testmethod-based test suites, you must do
the following procedure in the Test Flow Editor.
Turn on the Set break point testsuite flag for the desired
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testmethod-based test suites.
Select
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test method debugger
Flow Editor. The HP WDB GUI opens.
Debugger
Icons
Breakpoints
Program
Counter
Command
Tab
Watch Tab
WDB Debugger
Run a test (desired test suites or test flow). The source code of the
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corresponding test method program is displayed in the Source
view of the debugger window. The program execution pauses at
the first executable line of it.
Using the WDB, you can do debug tasks such as:
Setting breakpoints
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Controlling test method program execution
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viewing and changing values of variables
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from the menu of the Test
Edit