# Debugging Across embedded Final Builder Projects

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/debugging-across-embedded-final-builder-projects/531
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [July 19, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/debugging-across-embedded-final-builder-projects/531 "2007-07-19T04:24:29Z")
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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/debugging-across-embedded-final-builder-projects/531/1 "2007-07-19T04:24:29Z")

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Hi,

I've got a finalBuilder project that calls some other utility finalbuilder projects. As I'm stepping through the main project, is there anyway that I can step into the sub projects to see exactly where any problems occur ?&nbsp; Occaisonally, finalbuilder has allowed me to do this but I can't do it with any form of regularity.

Also, is there any way to save / load action lists within projects? This would be a workaround for the above problem and probably a cleaner way to organise the system.

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Thanks,  
Steve.

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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2007, 11:10am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/debugging-across-embedded-final-builder-projects/531/2 "2007-08-01T11:10:05Z")

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Hello ?

Is there anyone there ?

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Any thoughts on this would be gratefully appreciated...

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thanks,

Steve.

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### Author: ![Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/vincent/32/938_2.png) [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2007, 11:44am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/debugging-across-embedded-final-builder-projects/531/3 "2007-08-01T11:44:01Z")

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Hi Steve   
  
 Stepping into included projects is not possible without a major rework of the IDE, included projects have their own execution engine instance, and would require that we enable the IDE to open multile projects.

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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2007, 12:45pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/debugging-across-embedded-final-builder-projects/531/4 "2007-08-02T12:45:54Z")

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Hi Vincent,

am sure that I've been stepping through a project, opened up a project that is an included project, placed a breakpoint in it which gets hit as I run across projects.

The problem is that this only seems to work very sporadically...&nbsp; i think I've seen it happen twice.

A colleague has had this occasionally happen also.

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If this was repeatable then it would be a sufficient workaround.

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Thanks in advance.

Steve.

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### Author: ![stevage](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@stevage](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/stevage)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/debugging-across-embedded-final-builder-projects/531/5 "2007-08-03T05:14:47Z")

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Yeah, I do this all the time. The solution is not to “include” the other project, but simply to run fb5.exe from the command line. I use branches like this:   
  
 If %UsingGUI%   
 -Execute program C:\Program Files\FinalBuilder 5\FinalBuilder5.exe /r “M:\Config\Build.fbp5” /a /f /vBootstrapConfigFile="%ConfigFile%";Bootstrap=“YES”   
 Else   
 -Include project %FBProjectsDir%\Build.fbp5 (with variables passed below)   
  
 There are advantages to both ways. Calling finalbuilder5.exe is certainly slower, but easier to follow on the screen. Also note that the log ends up in a different place.   
  
 Steve