Summary of command Window debug commands for VS2005 (reprint)

The summary of the Debug command, very useful, so turned around. When debugging, you can enter the call in the Command window of the VS2005.

List memory in Unicode form

>du 0x056769d0 <=== du lists memory 0x056769d0 memory as a starting address in Unicode form

Original: Http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c338aexd.aspx

[Pick] The commands window is used to execute commands or aliases directly in the Visual Studio integrated Development Environment (IDE). You can execute menu commands and commands that are not displayed on any menu. To display the command window, choose Other Windows from the View menu, and then select Command Window.

The following is a list of pre-defined command aliases that you can use in Visual Studio.

Command name	Alias	Full Name
Print	?	Debug.Print
Fast Monitoring	??	Debug.quickwatch
Add New Item	Addproj	File.addnewproject
Alias	Alias	Tools.alias
The Auto window	Autos	Debugging. Auto Window
The Breakpoints Window	Bl	Debugging. Breakpoints
Toggle Breakpoint	Bp	Debug.togglebreakpoint
The Call Stack window	CallStack	Debug. Call stack
Clear bookmarks	Clearbook	Edit. Clear Bookmarks
Shut down	Close	File.close
Close all Documents	CloseAll	Window.closealldocuments
Clear All	Cls	Edit.clearall
"Command" mode	Cmd	View. Command Window
View Code	Code	View. View Code
List memory	D	Debug.ListMemory
List memory in ANSI form	Da	Debug.listmemory/ansi
List memory (single-byte format)	Db	Debug.listmemory/format:onebyte
List memory in ANSI form (four byte format)	dc	Debug.listmemory/format:fourbytes/ansi
List memory (four-byte format)	Dd	Debug.listmemory/format:fourbytes
Delete to beginning of line	Delbol	Edit.deletetobol
Delete to end of line	Deleol	Edit.deletetoeol
Remove horizontal whitespace	Delhsp	Edit. Remove horizontal whitespace
View Designer	Designer	View. View Designer
List memory (floating-point format)	Df	Debug.listmemory/format:float
Disassembly window	Disasm	Debugging. Disassembly
List memory (eight-byte format)	Dq	Debug.listmemory/format:eightbytes
List memory in Unicode form	Du	Debug.listmemory/unicode
Calculation statements	Eval	Debug.evaluatestatement
Exit	Exit	File. Exit
Formatting the selection	Format	Edit. Formatting the selection
Fullscreen	Fullscreen	View. Fullscreen
Begin	G	Debug. Start
Go to	Gotoln	Edit. Go to
Go to curly Braces	Gotobrace	Edit. Go to curly Braces
F1 Help	Help	Help. F1 Help
"Instant" mode	Immed	Tools.immediatemode
Insert the file as text	InsertFile	Edit.insertfileastext
List Call stacks	Kb	Debug.ListCallStack
Convert to lowercase	Lcase	Edit. Convert to Lowercase
Cut lines	Linecut	Edit. Cut lines
Delete Row	Linedel	Edit. Delete Rows
List Members	ListMembers	Edit. List Members
Local Variables Window	Locals	Debugging. Local Variables
Log Command Window output	Log	Tools.logcommandwindowoutput
Command Window marker mode	Mark	Tools. command Window marker mode
"Memory" window	Memory Memory1	Debugging. Memory 1
Memory Windows 2	Memory2	Debugging. Memory 2
Memory Windows 3	Memory3	Debugging. Memory 3
Memory Windows 4	Memory4	Debugging. Memory 4
Set cardinality	N	Debug.setradix
Show Web browser	Nav Navigate	View.showwebbrowser
Next Bookmark	Nextbook	Edit. Next Bookmark
New file	Nf	File. New file
New Project	NP Newproj	File. New Project
Open File	of Open	File. Open File
Open Project	Op	File.openproject
Collapse to define/stop outline display	Outlinedefs stopoutlining	Edit. Collapse To Definition
Process-wise	P	Debugging. Step Over process
Parameter information	Paraminfo	Edit. Parameter information
Jump	pr	Debug. Jump out
Previous Bookmark	Prevbook	Edit. Previous Bookmark
Print files	Print	file. Printing
The Properties window	Props	View. Properties Window
Stop it	Q	Debugging. Stop Debugging
Repeat	Redo	Edit. Repeat
The Registers window	Registers	Debug. Registers
Run to Cursor	Rtc	Debug. Run to Cursor
Save Selected items	Save	File. Save Selected items
Save All	SaveAll	File. Save All
Save As	SaveAs	File.saveselecteditemsas
Show Script Only View	Scriptonly	View.showscriptonly
Shell Program	Shell	Tools.shell
Stop looking in a file	Stopfind	Edit.findinfiles/stop
Swap anchor points	Swapanchor	Edit. Swap anchor Points
Per-statement	T	Debug. Statement-wise
tab Replace spaces	Tabify	Edit. Tab substitution spaces
The Task List window	TaskList	View. Task List
The Threads Window	Threads	Debugging. Threads
Plain Water Shop	Tileh	Window.tilehorizontally
Tile vertically	Tilev	Window.tilevertically
Toggle Bookmarks	Togglebook	Edit. Toggle Bookmarks
The Toolbox window	Toolbox	View. Toolbox
List Disassembly	U	Debug.ListDisassembly
Convert to uppercase	Ucase	Edit. Convert to Uppercase
Cancel	Undo	Edit. Cancel
Spaces Replace Tabs	Untabify	Edit. Spaces Replace Tabs
The Watch Window	Watch	Debug. Monitoring n
Toggle Auto-line Wrapping	WordWrap	Edit. Toggle Line Wrapping
List of outgoing threads	~	Debug.listthreads

To check the value of the variable VarA, use the Print command:

>debug.print VarA

The question mark (?) is an alias for Debug.Print, so this command can also be written as:

? VarA

Both versions of this command will return the value of the variable VarA.

Input command

The greater than sign (>) appears as a new line prompt at the left edge of the command window. Use the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys to scroll through previously issued commands.

Task	Solution Solutions	Example
Evaluates the value of an expression.	The expression begins with a question mark (?).	? MyVar
Switch to the Immediate window.	Enter immed in the window without the greater than sign (>).	Immed
Switch back to the commands window from the Immediate window.	Enter CMD in the window.	>cmd

The following shortcut keys can help you navigate in command mode.

Operation			Cursor position	Key Bindings
Loops through the list of previously entered commands.			Input line	Up ARROW and DOWN ARROW
Scrolls up the window.			Command Window Contents	CTRL + UP ARROW
Scroll down the window.			Command Window Contents	down ARROW or CTRL + DOWN ARROW
You can copy all or part of the command to the input line by scrolling to the previous command, highlighting all or part of the command, and then pressing ENTER.

Marker mode

When you click any of the preceding rows in the command window, you automatically switch to mark mode. This allows you to select, edit, and copy the text of the previous command as you would in any text editor, and paste it into the current line.

Equal sign (=)

The window used to enter the EvaluateStatement command determines whether the equals sign (=) is interpreted as a comparison operator or an assignment operator.

In the command window, interpret the equals sign (=) as the comparison operator. You cannot use an assignment operator in the command window. For example, if the values of the variables VarA and Varb are not the same, the command

>debug.evaluatestatement (Vara=varb)

will return a value of False.

In contrast, in the Immediate window, the equals sign (=) is interpreted as an assignment operator. For example, the command

>debug.evaluatestatement (Vara=varb)

The variable VarA is assigned the value of the variable Varb.

parameters, switches, and values

Some Visual Studio commands have required and optional parameters, switches, and values. When these commands are processed, some rules are applied. Here is an example of a complex command to illustrate this term.

Edit.replaceinfiles/case/pattern:regex var[1-3]+ Oldpar

In this example,

Edit.ReplaceInFiles is an order.
/case and/pattern:regex are switches (beginning with the slash [/] character)
The regex is the value of the/pattern switch; the/case switch has no value.
var[1-3]+ and Oldpar are parameters.

Any command, argument, switch, or value that contains spaces must be enclosed in double quotation marks.

On the command line, the position of switches and parameters can be interchanged casually, but the shell command is an exception, requiring switches and parameters to appear in a particular order.

Almost every switch supported by the command has two formats: short format (one character) and long format. Multiple short format switches can be combined into a group. For example,/p/g/M can also be represented as/PGM.

If the short format switch is combined into a group, and given a value, the value is applied to each switch. For example,/pgm:123 is equivalent to/p:123/g:123/m:123. If any of the switches in the group do not accept the value, an error occurs.

Escape character

The caret (^) character on the command line indicates that the character immediately followed is interpreted as literal and not as a control character. This can be used to embed a straight quotation mark ("), a space, a forward slash, a caret, or any other character in a parameter or switch value (except for a switch name). For example

>edit.find ^^ T/regex

The caret is the same as in quotation marks or as an extension. If the caret is the last character of the line, it is ignored.

Summary of command Window debug commands for VS2005 (reprint)