Visual studio 2010: Break when memory address has changed

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Hello,

I am debugging using visual studio 2010.
Programming in C.
I want to break when a memory address has changed. It means, I have a memory address, which can be changed in hundreds of places in the code. I want to find the place in the code when it is actually changed. How can I do it?

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Posted 10-Sep-13 3:02am

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Updated 10-Sep-13 3:06am

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I'm not sure if this is exactly what you want, but you can use the Watch feature[^] to check when a variable changes.

Posted 10-Sep-13 6:00am

Richard MacCutchan

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CPallini · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-10T07:09:00

Solution 2

I guess the Data Breakpoint[^] is what you are looking for, but I never used it, so I don't know how it exactly works.

Posted 10-Sep-13 7:09am

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H.Brydon 10-Sep-13 23:59pm

I've used this technique and it works fine (+5). This requires setting the address manually, and it disappears at the end of the debug session. To make this more persistent, establish a reference or non-void pointer at the memory address in question (programmatically or manually) and set a watch point on the variable.

CPallini 11-Sep-13 1:53am

Thank you very much. Interesting.