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Figure 6-14 A pinned value

VS will locate the pinned value after the line, and you might not see the value if it

occurs on a long line that exceeds the width of your screen. Fortunately, you can click the pinned value and drag it to where you want on the screen. To avoid confusion, remember to keep the pinned value located close to the variable whose value is displayed.

Right-click the pinned value to display a context-sensitive menu with options for Edit Value Hexadecimal Display Add/Remove Expression. Figure 6-14 shows how I added the expression (discount * 100) .ToString("p") to show the value as a percentage. Adding expressions can make the value more readable or allow you to add related expressions to see how the value produces other computed results on the fly.

You can close the pinned value by hovering over the pinned value and clicking the X (close icon).

Working with IntelliTrace

The IntelliTrace window gives you a view of all the changes that occurred in an application during a debugging session. As you step through code, the IntelliTrace window displays each step of your debugging session. Through the IntelliTrace toolbar, you can set the view for Diagnostic Events or Call View. Diagnostic events allow you to filter by Category or Thread. Clicking each of the items of the IntelliTrace window allows you to view application state at that point in time. Figure 6-15 shows you the IntelliTrace window.