Quick watch window not showing the variable value in Visual Studio for C++/CLI project

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I know that Visual Studio support for C++/CLI is terrible. But I am getting a weird issue when doing a Quick watch. The variable which I am watching is in the scope and it has value. But VS says, the variable is not in the scope. See the image

Quick watch problem in C==/CLI http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/95471b8cb4.png

It would be great if someone can suggest a workaround. Or is this a bug with VS?

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 16 '16 at 11:40

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I actually made it work by these steps, not sure why this should be the solution though.

checking enabling .net source stepping and enable source server.
it then loaded all symbols
made a clean build, removed it again and enabled just my code
clean build, voila i got correct debug symbols again!

edited Oct 16 '16 at 11:40

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answered Sep 11 '09 at 10:05

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image does not exist anymore – JobaDiniz Mar 21 '16 at 13:19
I know like this is 11 years later, but I've got involved with some legacy work on VS2008. Suddenly, I couldn't see the values of some global arrays. I set Enable .NET FW source stepping and also Enable source server support. It downloaded symbols for the .NET libraries and now I can watch my globals again. Re-enabling "Enable Just My Code" screwed it up again. – Nick Apr 09 '20 at 21:21

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 04 '09 at 08:23

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Is this in Debug or Release? Release builds, even with PDB support, are notorious for poor watches.

answered Jul 04 '09 at 08:23

Assaf Lavie

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a "debug release"? a "debug build" you mean? – Assaf Lavie Jul 04 '09 at 18:15
That was the correct answer for me. I was literally pulling my hair out and swearing loudly! Thank you אסף! – Shimmy Weitzhandler Dec 16 '19 at 15:01

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 11 '09 at 09:32

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I got the exact same problem. Its in debug mode, ONLY on websites, other projects (console, webapplications) are fine. I use c#, Visual Studio 2008, asp.net 3.5 SP1.

I also get strange types in the locals window.

answered Sep 11 '09 at 09:32

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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Refer to this article -> Out Of Context Variables In Visual Studio 2010 Debugger

This seems to be a PostSharp bug that's fixable using the latest release

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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answered Jun 04 '12 at 08:05

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Quick watch window not showing the variable value in Visual Studio for C++/CLI project

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