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Written by: Jim Holmes at 3/1/2008 8:37:32 PM

Stack trace messages in the debugger’s Autos window can be too long to effectively view, even when using the flyover popup. Worse yet, you can’t copy and paste errors displayed – rather aggrivating when you’re trying to get some text pasted into a Google search.

Get around this problem by using the handy text or HTML visualizers to display the messages in a resizable dialog box where you can select and copy text out. Access the visualizer from the magnifying glass icon at the right side of the Value column, as shown in the figure heading this article. You’ll end up with the Exception string displayed in the Text visualizer as shown below.

Note this handy visualizer, and the HTML visualizer, is available for any string type value.