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<h2>Breakpoint Dialog Box: Thread</h2>
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<p><small><a href="#seealso">See Also</a></small></p>
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<p>You use this dialog box to set the properties of a field breakpoint.</p>
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<p>You can set field breakpoint properties when you set a new breakpoint or when modifying an
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existing breakpoint.</p>
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<li>To set a new field breakpoint, choose Run > New Breakpoint
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(Ctrl-Shift-F8) from the main menu, then select Field from the Breakpoint Type drop-down list.</li>
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<li>To customize an existing field breakpoint, right-click the field breakpoint in the
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Breakpoints window and choose Customize.</li>
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<p>You can set the following values:</p>
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<li><b>Stop On.</b> Defines when to trigger the breakpoint:
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<li><b>Thread Start.</b> When a thread starts. </li>
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<li><b>Thread Death.</b> When a thread stops. </li>
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<li><b>Thread Start or Death.</b> Both when a thread starts and when a thread stops. </li>
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<li><b>Break when hit count.</b> When selected, enables you to specify how frequently the breakpoint is triggered.
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Choose a criteria in the drop-down list and then specify a numerical value.</li>
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<li><b>Suspend.</b> Specifies which threads in the program
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being debugged are suspended when the breakpoint is reached.
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You can specify no threads, all threads, or the breakpoint
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thread. The breakpoint thread is the thread that is current
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when the breakpoint is reached.</li>
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<li><b>Print Text.</b> The specified message is printed in the Debugger Console view of the Output window. For information on the tags you can include in the message, see
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<a href="../debug_print_breakpoint_message.html">Printing a Breakpoint Message</a>.</li>
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<dt><a name="seealso">See Also</a></dt>
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<dd><a href="breakpoint_window.html">New Breakpoint Dialog Box</a></dd>
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<dd><a href="../breakpoint_setting.html">Setting a Java Breakpoint</a></dd>
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<dd><a href="../debug_threads.html">Debugging Threads in the IDE</a></dd>
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<dd><a href="../breakpoint_about.html">Breakpoints in the IDE</a></dd>
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