# suspend\_process

Suspend the running process Tries to suspend the process. If successful, the PROCESS\_SUSPENDED debug event will arrive (see wait\_for\_next\_event) arguments: none returns: success To resume a suspended process use the [wait\_for\_next\_event](/9.0/developer-guide/idc/idc-api-reference/alphabetical-list-of-idc-functions/1214.md) function. See the important note to the step\_into() function

success suspend\_process();


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