String Evaluate/Modify is Killing me

[leit0050]

OK,
I have C++ builder 2007 and the evaluate modify is driving me insane! I know I can do cntrl F7 on any integer value, click evaluate, type in the new value and do modify and everything is perfect.
For some reason, I cannot do the same thing for a string. For example if I have a string
AnsiString msg;

and I do evaluate modify for the msg I get the evaluate modify dialog box. If I click evaluate, I even get the string that is supposed to be in the string under new value

{"c:\\Somepath"}

now if I change new value to anything, for example
{"c:\\newpath"} or "c:\\newpath" I get the error

E2188 expression syntax.

How in the world do you modify a string in debug mode using builder?

 

[Totte]

Could it be that You're typing the value in and thus does NOT need the duble backslash?

"c:\\newpath" written as constant in the program will, in run-time, be "c:\newpath" whereas it will be interpeted as "c:\" '\n' "ewpath" (i.e. "c:\", Newline [never exist in ANSIstring]...) in "runtime".

Remidy: type "c:\newpath"

Totte
Keep making it perfect and it will end up broken.

 

[leit0050]

Thank you for getting back to me. That does seem to help some but it still doesn't work. If I just try to type in "cat" and do modify, the evaluate/modify window will show "cat". However, in the local variables window, it will show the string containing {""}.
If I click on evaluate, the result field shows {""} as well. It doesn't seem like the string takes the value I type in. Any ideas?

 

[Totte]

Nope, i'm still stuck with BCB6

Totte
Keep making it perfect and it will end up broken.