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In the Debugger, you can display the attributes and contents of data objects in a separate area of the screen. This technical information is available for the following data objects:

 

Procedure

To open the display:

  1. Choose Goto ® Display data object ® { Single field | Structured field | String | Internal table | Object }.
  2. Enter the name of the data object and choose Enter , or double-click the data object in the source code.
  3. The following information is then displayed depending on the data object you selected:

Single field

Name, field contents, type, length, output length, decimal places

Struc. field

Name, length, number, component name, type, length, contents

String

Name, type, current length, content

Internal table

Name, type, format, line number, line contents

Object

Name, class/interface, number, attributes/interfaces, type, length, contents

 

If you want to display more information in the attribute overview on particular fields of a structure, table or class, open the detail display by double-clicking the appropriate field. Choose Back to return to the overview.

If you enter the name of a single field in the attribute display for a structured field, the system switches automatically to the single field display. Likewise, if you enter the name of a structured field in the attribute display for a single field, the system will switch to the structured field display.

Displaying Data References

If you double-click a data reference dref in the Field names column, information on the technical attributes of this are displayed. If you double-click the Field contents column, the contents of the data reference are displayed. The referenced object is displayed when you double-click the data reference dref->* in the Field names column.

Displaying the Unicode Fragment View

The Unicode fragment view is displayed when you choose Goto ® Display data object ® System Information. In this view, structures, internal tables, strings, data references, and objects are split into alignment gaps, byte and character-type areas, and all other types such as P, I, F, strings, references and internal tables.

Adjacent character-type components of a structure (with the exception of strings) are combined internally to form exactly one group if there are no alignment gaps between these components. All possible alignment requirements for characters are taken into account here. Adjacent byte-type components are also combined in the same way.

 

Other Functions

 

 

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