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Line number of breakpoint can be changed in property sheet of Debug window. When you type any charakter into Breakpoint line value, message dialog is showed. Message contains name of exception. It will be better replace name of exception by its message.
Cannot reproduce on WIN+JDK1.3+build 1137 or build 57.
Resolved for 3.3.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.