Truncated string in debugger window

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Axel Dahmen

Hi,

I noticed that VC++7.1 only shows the first portion of a long string (e.g.
something about 512 characters). This is true for tool tips as well as the
debugger Command Window. Is there a way to tell VC++7 to show all of the
string no matter how long it is?

TIA,
Axel Dahmen
 
No, there is not. You can use the memory window to look at all of it.

Ronald Laeremans
Visual C++ team
 
Thanks Ronald,

text in the Memory window, however, is not really legible. This is
partucularly true for searching errors in SQL statements.

I'd really appreciate if there'd be an option to set a maximum presentation
length value (at least unsigned short) for strings and other types of
arrays.

TIA,
Axel Dahmen
 
If you right click on the memory window area and select "no data" for the
top selection list, and leave the Unicode or Ansi text options selected,
then the window will only show the text representation. Does that help in
making it more readable, or is there something else that makes it less
usable for you.

Ronald
 
No, I'm afraid it doesn't. The Memory window still shows a plethora of dots,
making it very hard to track what is just a control character and what is
indeed a dot.

What's more, other type of texts may require correct (fixed-width)
formatting as well.

So I guess it's still necessary to implement a feature like the one I've
mentioned below.

Axel Dahmen

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Ronald Laeremans said:
If you right click on the memory window area and select "no data" for the
top selection list, and leave the Unicode or Ansi text options selected,
then the window will only show the text representation. Does that help in
making it more readable, or is there something else that makes it less
usable for you.

Ronald
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