Changing the representation of monitor contents

You can change the representation of variables and expressions in the Monitors pane or Locals pane or the Registers pane. You can change the representation for existing entries or the default representation for future entries in the Applications Preferences dialog.

To change the representation of a variable or expression:

  1. Right-click on the variable or expression you want to change the representation of.
  2. Select Representation from the pop-up menu. The Monitor Representation dialog appears.
  3. Select the representation you want from the list of available representations.
  4. Click OK to change the representation and dismiss the Monitor Representation dialog.

To change the default representation of variables or expressions:

  1. Select File > Preferences from the main menu bar. The Application Preferences dialog appears.
  2. In the left-hand pane of the Application Preferences dialog, go to Debug > program > language: Default Monitor Representation, where program is the name of a program loaded in the Distributed Debugger you want to change the default representation for and language is the language the program you are debugging was written in.
  3. Change the representations for variable types by clicking on the representation associated with a variable type and selecting a representation from the list.
  4. If you want these representations to become the default for the Distributed Debugger to use when no program profile is available, click Debugger Defaults.
  5. Click OK to change the default representations and dismiss the Application Preferences dialog.

The default representations of variables and expressions in programs you have previously debugged will not be affected by these changes.