
Unlike in other debuggers, breakpoints can't be set by clicking in the left margin they must be set via keypress or menu.Īfter installation, new options can be found in Internet Explorer's Script Debugger menu, which gets added in the View menu.Unlike in other debuggers, there is no Watch window for monitoring variables they must be checked via manual commands.


Features Īccording to Microsoft, the Script Debugger provides these traditional debugging features: Also, Internet Explorer 8 comes with a different, tightly integrated JScript debugger part of the Internet Explorer Developer Tools. In effect, it provides a way for developers to see script code behavior as it runs, thus eliminating much of the guess-work when things do not quite work as intended. Its user interface allows the user to set breakpoints and/or step through execution of script code line by line, and examine values of variables and properties after any step. Microsoft Script Debugger is relatively minimal debugger for Windows Script Host-supported scripting languages, such as VBScript and JScript.
