TestStand 4.0 Watch Expression Panel Patch

There is a patch available for TestStand 4.0. This patch improves the performance of the Watch Expression in the TestStand 4.0 Sequence Editor. For more information regarding this patch, please see the Readme.
http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/878/lang/en
Message Edited by AllenP on 08-30-2007 01:04 PM

Hi,
The TS is a hidden property of the Step.
You can unhid this property by a setting in the Station Options select the Preference Tab.
You actually dont need to enable this setting, you could of just typed it in (, the .TS.id I mean). But when learning it is handy to see all the properties.
Regards
Ray Farmer
Regards
Ray Farmer

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That was the hint that I needed. I am attaching a simple sequence that populates a watch expression. May be useful for others.
Attachments:
testwatch.seq ‏20 KB

Watch Expression Settings error

If I have a parameter declared as a number and I pass an array element to it, by reference, I have problems trying to watch the parameter value.
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Hi,
yep - I get exactly the same issue and we had the issue in TestStand 2.x too before but fixed it in 3.1.
http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=330&message.id=5107&requireLogin=False
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Flex development - Debugging - watched expressions & variables

Hello to all!
I use Flash Builder 4 Standard as Eclipse Plugin. I can debug and see the variables and the watched expressions.
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"dcjava" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
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> I have a Flex Demo application that I'm trying to debug.
There is a
> variable
> defined as follows:
>
> var itemToUpdate:XMLList
>
> If I add a trace statement as follows, I'm able to see
the value of the
> quantity displayed in the Console:
>
> trace(itemToUpdate.qty); <-- This works!
>
> But if I add a "Expression" in the debugger like this:
> "itemToUpdate.qty".
> I get the following value displayed in the "Expressions"
debugging view:
> "<errors during evaluation>".
>
> What am I doing wrong? Why can't I add watch expressions
for an XMLList
> type?
>
> Version: Flex 2.01
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Break on change in watch expression

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is there a reason why one cannot set the check mark 'break on change' from the very beginning but only if the program is running (requiring an additional breakpoint)?
My scenario: I have added a watch expression for a variable by clicking on the variable in the source code window and subsequently Ctrl+F7. In the watch window, the variable name is shown, but in the field 'Break on Change' no checkmark is shown. Hence I need to add a breakpoint at the first line of main () just to set this checkmark...
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hello Wolfgang,
In 2013 the "Break On Change" behavour was changed.
You can read detalied information in Release Notes, section Watch Window.
Break on Change is available only for watchpoint that represent the contents of a memory adress(LHS expression). If you are not debugging the watchpoint can't be evaluated, the debugger doesn't know the memory adress of that expression.
Constantin.

Oracle Expression Edition patch update

while installing patch 6880880 (p6880880_102000_platform.zip) to update oracle database version to 10.2.0.3 on Oracle Database XE 10g (10.2.0.1) giving following error
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is it support to upgrade or add patch on Oracle XE 10g (10.2.0.1) to update 10.2.0.3 version
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Hello,
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Where can I add a watch expression in Safari 5.2b4's Web Inspector?

Is this feature not added yet?

Dan Pouliot wrote:
Sorry, I don't understand your answer. I'm not running Mountain Lion. I downloaded 5.2b4 from Apple's Developer Connection.
Interesting. That is available from the free Safari developer program. Is that under NDA or not?
Regardless, it might be better to ask in the official Safari developer forums for any beta software. I don't know the answer.

Debug Watch Panel in AS3 projects?

Is it just me, or does it not make sense that only ActionScript projects <= 2.0 get a proper "Watch" panel in which to specify watched expressions during ActionScript debugging? Seems to me that it should have been a natural assumtion we'd get something like this in Flash projects done in AS 3.0 by now. Does anyone on the forums know why this has yet to be implemented? Flash Builder has had this from the get-go, but I understand that this may likely be because that toolset is very developer-heavy and Flash CSx Professional is more of a designer-animation toolset.
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Is there a way to disable all vi front panels in Teststand?

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Message Edited by AEDavid on 04-26-2007 04:02 PM
Cheers,
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National Instruments
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Attachments:
frontpanel.JPG ‏44 KB

Flash debugger needs an expression-watch window

Hi.
I would like to propose in next update of (CS4 or CS5 - if it hasn't yet implemented) to add an expression-watch window.
I want to use Debugger to find a bug, inside a movieclip, that has dynamic created other movieclips and I want to check some variables. Utilizing the debbuger as is now, for this case, is almost useless - I use trace() instead.
I.e.
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In order to see this, in current debugger, I have to:
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3. Open Object DCs[5], and search for y.
It's total timewaste... ...a "trace(DCs[Cur].y);" command is faster - and repeatable in any re-run!...
I never used the Flash CS3/CS4 debugger, because of the lack of such a feature. I don't know if it exist - if it is, please inform me on how to do it.
Add a "watch" variables window, that will allow expression that will refresh them.
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I am hoping in CS5 to have add that feature.
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Ps. If this message, is not going to be seen from developers of Flash, please tell me where to add the aboves suggestions for future updates of Adobe Flash - or add them, yourselves!

These are user to user forums, and Adobe employee visits are few and far between. Submit your ideas via the link below...
Adobe - Wishlist & Bug Report
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

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Kevin

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Expression Evaluation

Studio 12, SPARC Solaris 9
There is an article in the IDE Help titled "Evaluating an Expression" and says:
To evaluate an expression:
1. Start a debugging session.
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If I understand you right, you need smth like this:
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where arr is array of structures, right?
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