The Development Environment Watch window The Watch window is a debugging tool that lets you: watch and force values to project tags; execute and test functions; and execute and test math expressions. Example of the Watch window The Watch window contains the following elements: • For each item that you want to watch during project run time: • Tag/Expression : Specify a project tag, system tag, or expression that you want to watch. • Value : Displays the value returned by the tag/expression. • Quality : Displays the quality (GOOD or BAD) of the value returned by the tag/expression. • Continuous : Select this option to have the project continuously evaluate the tag/expression. • DB tabs:
You can use these tabs to organize the items you are watching, so that you do not need to scroll through one long list of items. • Locals , Stack Frame , and Tasks Frame tabs: These tabs are used to debug VBScript . • Scroll bars: Use to view areas of the Watch window that are obscured from view because of the window size or the size of the current sheet. Tip: The Watch window is dockable, which means you can move it to another location in the project development environment. Click on the titlebar and drag it to a new location. Release the mouse button to attach or dock the window to its new location. Page 42