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QUESTION:
I was debugging an application and could not find the Expression Evaluator anywhere... How do I evaluate expressions in 12?
ANSWER:
In Visual DataFlex 12.0 any expressions can be evaluated in the Watches window. Here is a summary of what you should do, but refer to the Help installed with Visual DataFlex 12 for more information on Debugging:
Adding Expressions to Watches
You can add a variable/expression to the watches window by clicking in the Name column of the last empty row, which will open it up for editing, and then typing in the name of the variable or the expression and pressing Enter.
You can also use drag and drop to add watches. Select the desired text from the Code Editor and drag the text using the mouse to the Watches window and drop it. The selected text will be added to the end of the list of watches.
Watches can also be added from the Local / Global Variables window as well as the Database Tables window. Select the specified variable/table column, right-click and select Add to Watches.
All that is added to the Watches window can be edited. So you can drag&drop some variable onto the Watches and then edit it to make it into an expression you need to evaluate.
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