Article ID: 93162
Article Last Modified on 10/23/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft CodeView 4.0
- Microsoft CodeView 4.01
- Microsoft CodeView 4.1
This article was previously published under Q93162
SYMPTOMS
The versions of CodeView listed above do not properly display undimensioned arrays in C++ code, such as the argv formal parameter to the main() function. The array value does not appear in the locals window, if it is a local variable or function parameter. An attempt to place a quick watch on the array yields an error dialog box. A watch on the array yields a random integer value. In the Visual Workbench, and CVW, watching the first array element (array[0]) causes this error to appear in the watch window:
In the locals window, the array will be displayed as:
[BP+0008] char * array[?] = 0xnnnn:0xnnnn
Since the + symbol is not placed before "char", the pointer cannot be expanded.
RESOLUTION
Modify the code to declare the array as a pointer to a pointer. For example, change
void main (int argc, char *argv[])
to the following equivalent definition:
void main (int argc, char **argv)
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in CodeView versions 4.0 and 4.01 for MS-DOS, and version 4.10 for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Additional query words: 4.00 4.10
Keywords: kb16bitonly KB93162