How to set conditional breakpoints in Visual Studio?

Question

Is there an easy way to set conditional breakpoints in Visual Studio?

If I want to hit a breakpoint only when the value of a variable becomes something, how can I do

Answer 1

Visual Studio provides lots of options for conditional breakpoints:

To set any of these you

1. Set a breakpoint.
2. Right-Click over the breakpoint, and in the popup menu you select an option that suites you.

These options are as follows:

• You can set a condition, based on a code expression that you supply (select Condition from the popup menu). For instance, you can specify that foo == 8 or some other expression.
• You can make breakpoints trigger after they have been hit a certain number of times. (select Hit Count from the popup menu). This is a fun option to play with as you actually aren't limited to breaking on a certain hit count, but you have options for a few other scenarios as well. I'll leave it to you to explore the possibilities.
• You can Set filters on the Process ID, thread ID, and machine name (select Filter from the popup menu)