Animate mode allows you to visually watch the Visual LISP editor execute the code for a program during runtime.
Note: The Visual LISP IDE is available on Windows only.
This mode allows you to see the order in which expressions are executed, and gives you a chance to see the values of variables at runtime. Execution of the program is interrupted when the Pause\Break key is pressed or when a breakpoint is encountered.
Use Animate mode to debug a program
- In Visual LISP, click Debug
Animate when no checkmark is placed next to the menu item. - Select the line of code you want execution to pause on and right-click. Click Toggle Breakpoint.
If a message box with the text ‘Set break point here?’ is displayed, click Yes or No based on if you want to set or change the location of the breakpoint.
- Click Tools Load Text in Editor.
- At the Console window or AutoCAD Command prompt, enter the name of the user-defined function or command you want to debug and press Enter.
- After execution is interrupted, click Debug Continue to resume execution; Visual LISP resumes executing in Animate mode.
Adjust the animation rate
- In Visual LISP, click Tools Environment Options General Options.
- In the General Options dialog box, Diagnostic tab, enter a new value in the Animation Delay box. Click OK.
The Animation Delay setting defines the pause between program steps, in milliseconds. 1,000 milliseconds is equal to 1 second.
Turn off Animation mode
- In Visual LISP, click Debug Animate when a checkmark is placed next to the menu item.