07.34 The Watch Window: Refreshing Data

WINDOWS

Alt,T, O

MENU

Tools | Options | Debugging | General

COMMAND

Tools.Options

VERSIONS

2005, 2008, 2010

CODE

vstipTool0107

When you evaluate an expression in one of the Watch windows, one of two refresh icons might appear in the Value column. One refresh icon is a circle that contains two wavy lines that resemble threads. The other icon is two circling arrows, as shown in the following example:

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Refresh Icons

Following is what the documentation (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z4ecfxd9.aspx) has to say about these icons.

Circling arrows

If the circling arrows appear, the expression was not evaluated for ...

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