C and C++ SoftBench User's Guide

Using SoftBench Debugger

Setting and Using Watchpoints

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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