Monitoring the Call Stack

View the function or procedure calls that are currently on the stack.

The Call Stack window displays the name of each function and the programming language it is written in. A yellow arrow identifies the stack frame where the execution pointer is currently located. By default, this is the frame where information appears in the Script Editor and in the variable (All Variables, Watch, and Autos) windows.

You can monitor items in the Call Stack window using any of these methods:

To view the source code for a function that is currently on the stack, double-click the function in the Call Stack window, or right-click the function and select Go To Source Code.
The Script Editor opens the function's script, and the variables windows show the variables and expressions in scope in that context.
To switch to another stack frame:
1. In the Call Stack window, right-click the frame whose code and data you want to view.
2. Select Switch To Frame.
A green arrow icon with a curly tail appears in the frame you select. The execution pointer remains in the original frame, which still has the yellow arrow icon. If you select Debug > Step or Debug > Continue, execution continues in the original frame, not the selected frame.
By default, the Call Stack window does not display calls to or from another thread. To display calls to or from another thread, right-click in the Call Stack window and select Include Calls To/From Other Threads.
To load symbols for a module, right-click the frame that shows the module with the symbols you want to reload, and select Load Symbols.
The Call Stack window context menu provides several other standard Visual Studio debugger functions. See the Visual Studio help for information about using those operations.