Stop Statement

Stop Statement

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Syntax

     Stop 

Description

The Stop statement suspends program execution.

Usage at a Glance

• There is no limit to the number and position of Stop statements within procedures.

• The Stop statement acts like a breakpointplacing the program in break mode and highlighting the current line in the development environmentallowing you to step through the code line by line.

• Stop is intended primarily for use in the design-time environment, where it suspends program execution without terminating it. In the runtime environment, Stop invokes the debugger.

• Unlike the End statement, Stop does not explicitly close any open files or clear any variables, except in a compiled executable.

See Also

End Statement