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catch

Request to catch all exceptions

ABBREVIATION
ca{tch}

FORMAT
catch

DESCRIPTION
The catch command catches all exceptions thrown in your program. When an exception is caught by the debugger, a message window is opened and will indicate the type of exception that was caught. The source will be updated to the location that had thrown the exception.

SYSTEM DEPENDENCIES
none

COMMAND CAN BE ISSUED FROM

PROFILE yes
configuration file no
Source command prefix none

SCOPE
The catch command is not affected by changes in scope.

RETURN CODES SET
Successful: 0
Unsuccessful: 1

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