Creating a Watch
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A watch enables you to keep up to date about changes in the value of a variable
or expression during program execution. The Watches window lists
all of the watches you have defined for all of the programs you have
loaded into dbxtool.
You can open the Watches window by choosing Window >
Watches (Alt-Shift-2).
To create a watch from the Source Editor:
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Select the variable or expression in the Source Editor and choose Debug >
New Watch.
The New Watch dialog box opens with the variable or expression
entered in the Watch Expression text field.
- A fully qualified form of the expression
is displayed in the Qualified Form field. If no qualified form can be
produced for the expression, the field displays <parse error>.
- By default, the watch is created using the expression in the
Watch Expression field. If you select the Use Qualified Form checkbox,
the qualified form is used.
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Click OK.
The Watches window opens with the new watch selected.
Notes:
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When you specify an expression, follow the syntax rules of the
language that you are using.
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When you create a watch, the value of the variable or expression is
immediately evaluated and displayed in the Watches window. The
value of the watch is based on the current context. When you change
the current context, the Watches window is updated to show the
value of the watch for that context.
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