Creating new launch configurations from existing launch configurations

You can create new launch configurations by copying existing launch configurations.

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Procedure

  1. Open the Debug launch configurations dialog box. Instructions for doing this can be found in Starting to debug.
  2. In the Debug launch configurations dialog box, right-click the launch configuration that you would like to copy. You may need to expand the launch configuration type node to find the launch configuration.
  3. Choose Duplicate from the pop-up menu.
  4. The duplicate launch configuration appears below the launch configuration that it was copied from (with (<number>) appended to the launch configuration name). Its settings are the same as the launch configuration that was copied. These appear on the right pane of the Debug launch configurations dialog box.
  5. Alter these settings as necessary for your new launch configuration. Further information about these settings can be found in debugger help task files which describe creating launch configurations.
    Tip: If you use the default command (SBMJOB for Batch, CALL for Interactive and Multithreaded) and the initial program to construct the startup command in the How to Start tab of your original launch configuration, and you change the initial program in the duplicated configuration, the startup command for the duplicated configuration will be updated using the changed initial program.
  6. If all information mandatory to the launch configuration has been provided, the Debug and Apply push buttons will be enabled. Clicking Apply will save the launch configuration, at which point you can choose to close the dialog box without launching the debug session or you can click Debug to launch a debug session using the new launch configuration. If you click Debug, any changes to the launch configuration will be saved and a debug session will be launched.

    After you have saved a debug launch configuration, you may edit it. For further information about editing debug launch configurations, see the related task below.

    Tip: If you have not yet saved launch configuration settings and if you have made entries in the launch configuration settings that you would like to remove or change, clicking Revert will remove all changes that you have made.
  7. When you are finished working in the dialog box, click Close to exit it.

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