riscy00 
I found Atmel Studio 7 in watch variable rather limited compared to other I used (Eclipse and NetBeans) where it provides multi-type (ascii, hex and decimal) in one go. The choice of type seems limited to just hex and number. It also lacks a feature to display pointer array on pointer variable which is a useful tool for debugging.
Any suggestion how to expand or add feature?
meolsen 
riscy00 Hmmm, yes but really HOW TO USE IT?
I have uINT8[] array but I like to see ASCII translation (char) alike other IDE. I could not see in Amtel Studio menu list
I have uINT8 test[20] and then uINT8 * meme = &test[0]
I need to display array list of the pointer meme alike other IDE. I could not see in Amtel Studio menu list
Is there addon option to extends this feature?
meolsen If you want to see the char* in a uint8_t[], just cast it in the watch window. i.e you don't want to watch array, as it's a array of uint8. You want to watch (char*)array to look at the array members, or (char*)array,s to interpret the array as a string.
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If you want to watch the same thing in multiple ways, just have multiple watches.
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If you have a pointer, but it points to a array, just add ,n to the watch, where n is the number of elements from the pointer that you want to watch.
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By default, the watch window will deduce how to represent s symbol from the symbol information itself. If you want to look at a symbol in another representation, any C style casts (or any C expression) can be watched as well.
riscy00 So how to recast in AS7, not in source code.
It seems not right to modify source code for stake of debugging, I may forget to remove it.
How to override AS7 to force array list and different type.
It seems to be missing feature in AS7, is there plugin solution?
HOW TO USE IT?, can anyone has some example or demo so I can learn.
R.
meolsen Just as I told you, cast as you do in code in the watch window I.e use (
meolsen As an example:
Have a close look at the Type column to see what the cast is doing when it changes the type.
riscy00 Fantastic, this is an answer I'm looking for....thanks!
Can you send this project file in zip?
riscy00 at gmail.com or share in this forum.
meolsen Why? You can see everything in the screenshot... (Also, not at home for a couple of days)
riscy00 
I unable to modify for DataSysTick,s statement for typedef struct.
//================================================================
// Test Status Flag
//================================================================
typedef struct tagzSERMEMDataFrame{
union {
uCH8 DataArray[32];
struct
{
uCH8 DataSysTick[11]; // ASCII in Systick Data
uCH8 DataPageNumber[7]; // Page Number in ASCII
uCH8 DataTempKelvin[7]; // Temp readout in ASCII
uCH8 DataFailedCounter[3]; // Number of failure in ASCII.
uCH8 DataCheckSum; // Check Sum for the page (to be implemented later)
};
};
}_SERMEMDataFrame ;
//================================================================
// Test Status Flag
//================================================================
typedef struct tagzSERMEMPageTest{
union {
uCH8 Page[256];
struct
{
_SERMEMDataFrame DataFrame;
uCH8 Pattern1[112];
uCH8 Pattern2[112];
};
};
} _SERMEMPageTest ;
extern _SERMEMPageTest SERMEMPageTest;
riscy00 
This is not working, what did I miss?
(a) It did not provide pointer address for this array.
(b) it did not provide string based on ,s as suggested.
meolsen To add ,s to DataSysTick, you should add a watch on (char*)SERMEMPageTest.DataFrame.DataSysTick,s
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Again, ,s will only work if what you watch is string-like from the type system. Whatever uINT8[] is based on seems to not be string-like...
riscy00 
Okay that good but cannot generate 20 array like you did
NB: this is uINT8 Uart_RXBuffer[]
Hi there,
This is an old thread but I found the answer helpfull, just to add a small example.
I wanted to watch the content of my result buffer (my function only get a pointer on the buffer so I had to cast the watch into an array).
TL;DR : Add cast syntax in your watch to get an array :
Be carreful not to cast the pointer into an array, on first try I forgot the '*' and got an array with the address in it haha
Bye !
