HP UX SoftBench Software manual Viewing and Modifying Watchpoints, Data Watchpoint Window

Using SoftBench Debugger

Setting and Using Watchpoints

2.Select the type of watchpoint you want: "❍ Expression" or "❍ Address".

3.The area under the "Select Watchpoint Type" radio buttons changes to reflect the information needed by that watchpoint type. Enter the expression or address range desired. You can Print ( ) the expression "&var" to find the address of the variable var.

4.Select the granularity (how often SoftBench Debugger checks the value).

5.Modify any other information as required. For example, you may want to specify a debugger command to be executed when the watchpoint occurs.

6.When you have specified the information you want, select OK to create the watchpoint.

Viewing and Modifying Watchpoints

Choose "Watch: Show…" to list all current watchpoints. SoftBench Debugger displays the "Watchpoint Listing" dialog box, showing all existing watchpoints and their status information. You have the same abilities to activate, deactivate, create, delete, or edit as in the "Breakpoint Listing" dialog box. See “Viewing and Modifying Breakpoints” on page 193 for a description of these operations.

Choose "Watch: Values Display…" to display the "Data Watchpoints" window if it is not already displayed. See Figure 7-8.

Figure 7-8 "Data Watchpoint" Window

Each watchpoint displays the variables or memory area to which it is attached. The data display highlights when your program modifies the

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