Debug a Running Application

Rather than starting a process explicitly from within Enterprise Architect, you might want to debug an application (process) that is already running on your system.

In this case you can use the debugging capability to attach to the process that is already running. Provided you have the appropriate debug information written into the running process, and/or associated debug files (such as .PDB files), the debugger binds to that process and initiates a debug session.

You can also 'detach' from the process after you have completed your inspection and leave the process to run as normal.

Access

Ribbon

Execute > Run > Start > Attach to Process or

Execute > Analyze > Debugger > Attach to Process

Other

Debug window toolbar :

Stages

Stage	Description	See also
Show Processes	When you select to debug another process, the 'Attach To Process' dialog displays. You can limit the processes displayed using the radio buttons at the top of the dialog; to find a service such as Apache Tomcat or ASP.NET, select the System radio button.
Select Debugger	When you select a process, you might have to choose the debugger from the Debugger dropdown list; however, if the selected Package has already been configured in an Analyzer Script, then the debugger listed in the script is preset on the dialog.
Process Selection	Once you double-click on a process containing debug information, and Enterprise Architect is attached to the process: Any breakpoints encountered are detected by the debugger The process is halted when a breakpoint is encountered, and The information is available in the Debug window
Detach From Process	To detach from a process, click on the (Debug Stop) button.