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| <div role="main"><h1>Working with memory</h1> |
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| <p>You can inspect and change process memory.</p> |
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| <p>The Memory view supports the same addressing as the C and C++ languages. You can address memory using expressions |
| such as:</p> |
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| <ul> |
| <li><samp>0x0847d3c</samp></li> |
| <li><samp>(&y)+1024</samp></li> |
| <li><samp>*ptr</samp></li> |
| </ul> |
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| <p> You can configure your output to |
| display hexadecimal, ascii and/or signed/unsigned decimal. You can also set the |
| size of the rendering columns. You can configure each memory monitor renderings |
| independently.</p> |
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| <p> You can customize the Memory view to colors and fonts displayed. </p> |
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| <p>To monitor process memory:</p> |
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| <li> In the Debug view, select a debug session. Selecting a thread or stack frame automatically |
| selects the associated session.</li> |
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| <li> Select <strong><q>Add Memory Monitor</q></strong> in the context menu of the Memory Monitors pane. |
| The <strong><q>Memory Monitor</q></strong> dialog appears.</li> |
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| <li> Type the address or expression that specifies the memory section you want to monitor and |
| press <strong>"OK"</strong>. The monitor appears in the monitor list and the Memory Renderings |
| pane displays the contents of memory locations beginning at the specified address.</li> |
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| </ol> |
| <p>To view memory in a different rendering: </p> |
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| <li> Select <strong><q>Add Rendering</q></strong> in the context menu of the Memory Renderings pane. |
| The <strong><q>Add Memory Rendering</q></strong> dialog appears.</li> |
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| <li> Select renderings from the list and press <strong>"OK"</strong>.</li> |
| </ol> |
| <p>To change process memory:</p> |
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| <p><strong>Warning:</strong> |
| Changing process memory can cause a program to crash.</p> |
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| <li> In the Debug view, select a debug session. Selecting a thread or stack frame automatically |
| selects the associated session.</li> |
| <li> In the Memory Monitors pane, add a new monitor or select an existing monitor.</li> |
| <li> In the Memory Renderings pane add a new rendering or select an existing one. </li> |
| <li> Type a new value for memory. </li> |
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