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<TITLE>Locals Window Help</TITLE>
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<H1>The Locals Window</H1>
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<H2>Overview</H2>
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<P>The Locals Window displays all local variables in scope. It may be used to
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visualize and edit local variables.</P>
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<P>Locals Window topics:
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<LI><UL><A HREF="#menus">Variable Menu</A>
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<LI><A HREF="#menus_edit">Edit</A>
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<LI><A HREF="#menus_fmt">Format</A>
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</UL>
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<LI><UL><A HREF="#display">Locals Display</A>
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<LI><A HREF="#display_deref">Dereferencing Pointers</A>
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<LI><A HREF="#display_struct">Viewing a Structure or Class</A>
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<LI><A HREF="#display_edit">Editing a Variable</A>
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<LI><A HREF="#display_popup">Locals Pop-up Menu</A>
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</UL></P>
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<H3><A NAME="menus">Variable Menu</A></H3>
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The Variable Menu gives on-screen access to the funtions of the Locals Window.
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To use any of these functions, first use the left mouse button to select a
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variable from the display. Then select:
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<DT><A NAME="menus_edit">Edit</A>
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<DD>Edit the value of the variable
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<DT><A NAME="menus_fmt">Format</A>
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<DD>Change the display format of the variable
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<H3><A NAME="display">Locals Display</A></H4>
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The Locals Window Display consists of a scrolled listbox which contains all
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local variables, one per line. To use any of the functions of the Locals Window,
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use the left mouse button to select any element from the Display.
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<P>Pointers, structures, and classes appear in the display with small exapansion
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box before their names. To <A NAME="display_deref">dereference pointers</A> or
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<A NAME="display_struct">view the members of classes or structures</A>, click
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the closed expansion box (which appears as a small plus sign, "+") to "expand"
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the listing. The expansion box changes to a minus sign, "-", indicating that the
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display is now open. Pointers, structures and classes may be expanded recursively
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to allow multiple pointer dereferences and embedded structure viewing.
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<P>The Locals Display updates after every execution of the program and highlights
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in blue those variables whose values have changed.</P>
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<P>The Locals Window will, by default, display all pointers in hexadecimal and all
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other variables in decimal. To change the display format for a variable, select
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the Format option from either the Variable Menu or the <A HREF="#display_popup">
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Locals Pop-up Menu</A>.
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<H4><A NAME="display_edit">Editing a Variable</A></H4>
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To edit a variable, either double-click the left mouse button on the variable in
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the Display or select the Edit option from either the Variable Menu or the Locals
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Pop-up Menu. To abort editing a variable's value, simply press the escape key on
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the keybaord. The variable's original value is restored.
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<H4><A NAME="display_popup">Locals Pop-up Menu</A></H4>
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The Locals Pop-up Menu provides quick access to the functions of the Locals Window.
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To use the Locals Pop-up Menu, first select a variable from the Display (by clicking
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the left mouse button on it) and click the right mouse button, choosing from the
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pop-up:
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<DT>Edit
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<DD>Edit the variable's value. See <A HREF="#display_edit"> Editing a Variable
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<DT>Format
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<DD>Change the display format of the variable. The variable may be displayed
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<DT>Hex
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<DD>hexadecimal (base 16)
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<DT>Decimal
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<DD>decimal (base 10)
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<DT>Binary
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<DD>binary (base 2)
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<DT>Octal
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<DD>octal (base 8)
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