07.32 Understanding QuickWatch

DEFAULT

Shift+F9; Ctrl+Alt+Q

VISUAL BASIC 6

Shift+F9; Ctrl+Alt+Q

VISUAL C# 2005

Shift+F9; Ctrl+Alt+Q; Ctrl+D, Ctrl+Q; Ctrl+D, Q

VISUAL C++ 2

Shift+F9; Ctrl+Alt+Q

VISUAL C++ 6

Shift+F9; Ctrl+Alt+Q

VISUAL STUDIO 6

Shift+F9; Ctrl+Alt+Q

WINDOWS

Alt, D, Q

MENU

Debug | QuickWatch

COMMAND

Debug.QuickWatch

VERSIONS

2005, 2008, 2010

CODE

vstipTool0108

In vstipTool0104 (07.31 The Watch Window: Watching and Changing Values, page 340), I showed you how to use QuickWatch to get data into a Watch window. From that perspective, using QuickWatch is rather slow and cumbersome. However, QuickWatch doesn’t exist for only that reason, so it is worth another look.

So, why does QuickWatch exist? It was actually created to be a dialog box that is ...

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