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See datawindow content in debug modeTag(s): Datawindow


It's very strange that Powerbuilder does not provide an easy way to examine a datawindow or datastore current data when running in the debugger.

One way is to add a watch variable on the datawindow/datastore pointer with this expression. 

[dw or ds instance variable].object.datawindow.data
to show in the watch window the datawindow/datastore content. But the output is very "raw"...

A better way is to use to same idea but save the current datawindow/datastore data to a file. 

[dw or ds instance variable].saveas("c:\mydatawindow.dat", text!, true)
At each step, the file will be updated with the current data. 
fn_item_code  fn_item_type_code      hilmt_super_flag
ADMIN_ACCESS_D_ADDRESS   MODE   N
ADMIN_ACCESS_D_ADDRESS   MODE   N
ADMIN_ACCESS_D_ADDRESS   MODE   N
ADMIN_ACCESS_D_BROKER     MODE   N
ADMIN_ACCESS_D_BROKER     MODE   N
ADMIN_ACCESS_D_BROKER     MODE   N
...
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