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Return to Design Mode from a Debugging Location

During debugging, you can return to a location using Go To Design, or GOTO. The following steps demonstrate returning to Design Mode for both options.

  1. When debugging has stopped at some location in the robot, in debug mode, click Go To Design Location to switch back to design mode at the same location.

    This allows you to closely examine that location in design mode, and perhaps modify the steps around that location, or modify some other part of the robot.

    Alternatively, you can switch to design mode and go to the location where a value was returned.

  2. On the Input/Output tab, select the value in the Output panel and click Goto in the lower right corner.

    This is useful if a value has not been extracted correctly, and you want to find out why.

    You can also switch to design mode and go to the location where an API exception was reported, or where an error occurred.

  3. When you view an API exception in the API Exceptions tab or the API Exception sub-tab in the State tab, click Goto next to the location code to go to the location where the API exception was generated. Click Goto to the right of a specific error, to go to the location where that error occurred.

    This is useful when you want to find the reason for the error and fix the problem.

  4. When finished with design mode, you can resume the debugging. If you haven't modified the robot, you can click Play .

    If you have modified the robot, the debugging is automatically restarted, so you cannot resume it directly. Instead, you can click Debug From Location to start a new debugging session from the current location in design mode.