An action list is a set of one or more CodeWatch commands specified for execution at breakpoints, after steps, at watchpoints, at tracepoints, or as macro definitions. The command-line syntax requires action lists to be surrounded by square brackets ( [ ] ). The commands must be separated by semicolons. You may use spaces after semicolons to aid readability. The commands that you enter in an action list are not checked for correctness until they are executed. The command-line syntax for the action list is as follows:
[ command1; command2; ...; commandn ]
A typical action list that could be set at a breakpoint is as follows:
EVALUATE COUNTER; STEP; E DISTANCE; CONTINUE
In more advanced debugging, commonly used sequences of commands can be defined as an action list with the Macro facility. The single macro name can then be used repeatedly throughout the debugging session to refer to a complex series of actions.