You can debug .NET components as well as .NET applications that you build in PowerBuilder.
You can run or debug an assembly project from the PowerBuilder UI if you fill in the Application field (and optionally, the Argument and Start In fields) on the project Run tab in the Project painter. SeeVersion, Post-build, and Run tab for a description of the Run tab fields for a .NET Assembly project.
When you start the debugger and Internet Explorer is listed as the application to run a Web Service project, a browser test page opens with links to the Web services deployed from your project.
If you used the DEBUG conditional compilation symbol in code for the nonvisual objects you deploy as a Web service and you want this code to run, you must make sure that the enable DEBUG symbol check box is selected before you deploy the project. If you plan to debug the assembly or Web service, you should make sure the project is deployed as a debug build.
If you use a PowerBuilder .NET Windows Forms or .NET Web Forms application to debug the .NET component project, you must copy the generated PDB file containing the DEBUG symbols for the component to the deployment directory of the .NET Windows Forms or .NET Web Forms application. Otherwise it is likely that the debugger will not stop at breakpoints in the assembly that you generate from the .NET component project.