When you are debugging a Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 application and you try to set the next statement, you may receive an error message that resembles the following error message:

The Debugger Engine is picking the statements in sequence. As long as the caret is at the end of the line, the Debugger Engine will set the next statement on the next line. If there is no executable code from the next line, an error message will occur.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

Visual Basic 2005

1. Start Visual Studio 2005.
2. Click the File menu, click New, and then click Project.
3. Expand Visual Basic, click Console Application, type ConsoleApplication1 in the Name text box, and then click OK.
4. Replace the code in the Module1.vb file with the following code.

   Module Module1
   
       Sub Main()
           Dim x As Integer
           x = 1
       End Sub
   
   
   End Module
   

5. Set a Breakpoint on the x = 1 line.
6. Click the Debug menu, and then click Start Debugging.
7. Position the cursor to the right of the b in End Sub, right-click with the caret in the same position as the cursor, and then click Set Next Statement.

You then see the error message that is mentioned in the symptoms section.

Visual C# 2005

1. Start Visual Studio 2005.
2. Click the File menu, click New, and then click Project.
3. Expand Visual C#, click Console Application, type ConsoleApplication1 in the Name text box, and then click OK.
4. Replace the code in the Program.cs file with the following code.

   using System;
   using System.Collections.Generic;
   using System.Text;
   
   namespace ConsoleApplication2
   {
       class Program
       {
           static void Main(string[] args)
           {
               int x;
               x = 1;
           }
       }
   }
   

5. Set a Breakpoint on the x = 1; line.
6. Click the Debug menu, and then click Start Debugging.
7. Position the cursor to the right of the closing curly brace for the static void Main method, right-click with the caret in the same position as the cursor, and then click Set Next Statement.

You then see the error message that is mentioned in the symptoms section.