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Problem with debugging

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Matjaz

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Oct 23, 2001
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SI
I trace through code and watch variables in watch window. The problem is that sometimes I'm not able to see member of a structure variable (there's not '+' to expend a structure). I can only see the address of this structure. Anyone has any idea what's the problem and how it can be solved? I use Visual C++ 6 and Win2000.
 
From MSDN

To display meaningful values for a custom datatype

The file autoexp.dat controls how the debugger displays data types in windows, Quickwatch, and DataTips. You can modify this file to add meaningful displays for your own datatypes. For details, see the autoexp.dat file itself (located in the /bin directory).

 
This file deals with autoexpanding. I do not want that; I want to expand the structure manually, but I can't because there's no '+' to click on. Well, sometimes there is and sometimes there isn't (when debugging the same program). I can't figure out why is sometimes possible to expand the structure and sometimes not.
 
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