Debugger Step Into (F11) not working

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gareth.jacobs
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Debugger Step Into (F11) not working

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Product: PowerShell Studio 2020 (64 Bit)
Build: v5.7.179
OS: Windows 10 Enterprise (64 Bit)
Build: v10.0.19041.0

When debugging a Windows Form application, F11 does not step into a called Windows Form UNLESS there is already a breakpoint set. Code does get executed in the called Form, but the screen does not switch.
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Re: Debugger Step Into (F11) not working

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F11 steps into the function at the current execution context. This implies that F11 is pressed when the application being debugged is already stopped.
From your description I am not sure that this is the case here. Please provide a more detailed description.
"Code does get executed in the called Form, but the screen does not switch." I am not exactly sure what that means when you say the "screen does not switch".
I am assuming and please correct me if I am wrong, that you refer to code in event handlers. Event handlers are executed when an event occurs. To stop there, you will have to set a break point. You cannot "step into" an event handler. A Windows Forms application is event driven and not code executed in a linear fashion as a command line script would be.
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Re: Debugger Step Into (F11) not working

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Okay to clarify...

There appears to be a couple of issues. After I exited and restarted PowerShell Studio the debugger behaved itself again. It had been active for several hours so perhaps it was the result of a memory leak or some other bug.

What had happened is that I had set a Breakpoint and the code stopped at that point. I used F10 to step forward a few lines and then F11 to step into a form. At this point code from within the form executed, but the screen stayed on the same form I was in before calling the new form - it did not switch to the form I had entered.

A restart of the PS app fixed the issue.
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