Part 7 Advanced debugging using watch window

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When the application is in debug mode and if we navigate to Debug - Windows - Watch, you will see that there are 4 watch windows.

Have you ever wondered the use of multiple watch windows?
Multiple watch windows are useful when you want to compare 2 object properties during debugging.

Place a breakpoint on the foreach loop in the Main() method and run the application in debug mode. When the application execution stops at the break point, open 2 watch windows by going to Debug - Windows - Watch menu.

In Watch 1 window, type customer[0] in Name column and press Enter key. Along the same lines in Watch 2 window, type customer[1] in Name column and press Enter key. Notice that now you have the opportunity 2 inspect 2 customer object properties.

Is it possible to get a copy of the object from one watch window to another watch window.
Yes, simply drag and drop. If you change a property of the object in one watch window, the change will be automatically reflected in the other watch window.

Is it possible to replace the current object instance with a new object instance
Yes, simply create a new object instance in immediate window. For example the Watch 1 window below displays the first customer object in customers collection.

To replace the current Customer object in customers[0] location. Open Immediate window by going to Debug - Windows - Immediate. Type the following command in Immediate window and press Enter key.
customers[0] = new Customer()

Notice that the Watch 1 windows now displays, the default values of the new Customer object that we have created.