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	# Specify a workstation folder location and a name for the storage file.		# Specify a workstation folder location and a name for the storage file.
	: The list of watched items (only) is stored in a text file with a </span><span class="term">.watch </span><span class="f_ListContinue">file name extension</span><span class="f_Monospace">:</span><span class="f_ListContinue"> </span>		: The list of watched items (only) is stored in a text file with a </span><span class="term">.watch </span><span class="f_ListContinue">file name extension</span><span class="f_Monospace">:</span><span class="f_ListContinue"> </span>
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	<span class="f_Para">Alternatively, you can run the </span><span class="f_Monospace">[[saveWatch command\|saveWatch]]</span><span class="f_Para"> command from a [[Introducing the configurable components\|mapped]] Client button, key, or macro that has the same effect as the above two steps.</span>		<span class="f_Para">Alternatively, you can run the </span><span class="f_Monospace">[[saveWatch command\|saveWatch]]</span><span class="f_Para"> command from a [[Introducing the configurable components\|mapped]] Client button, key, or macro that has the same effect as the above two steps.</span>

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If you anticipate watching the same or many of the same items in subsequent debugging sessions, you can save to a local file the entire list of items displayed in the <var>Watch Window</var>, then restore those items to the <var>Watch Window</var> whenever you want. This may significantly minimize the effort of repopulating the <var>Watch Window</var>. 

For example, say you are watching the function specifications $LISTCNT(%G), $LISTINF(%G, 1), $LISTINF(%G, 2), and $LISTINF(%G, 3). To save them for later use: 

# Select Save Watch from the Debugger Client <var>File</var> menu.
# Specify a workstation folder location and a name for the storage file.
: The list of watched items (only) is stored in a text file with a .watch file name extension: 

[[File:watchsaved1_zoom60.gif|239x116px|watchSaved1]] 

Alternatively, you can run the [[saveWatch command|saveWatch]] command from a [[Introducing the configurable components|mapped]] Client button, key, or macro that has the same effect as the above two steps.

=== Restoring ===
To restore (at any time) to the <var>Watch Window</var> these or other items from any .watch file (including any you create independently): 

# Select <var>Load Watch</var> from the <var>File</var> menu. 
# Locate and select the .watch file in the Windows <var>Select Watch File</var> dialog box. 
: [[Changing the location of Client work files|By default]], the search for the .watch file begins with the folder specified in the <var>stateFileFolder</var> element in the debuggerConfig.xml file. 
: The file's contents are added to the <var>Watch Window</var> display with whatever current value they may have in the current source code. 

Again, as an alternative, you can run the [[loadWatch command|loadWatch]] command from a [[Introducing the configurable components|mapped]] Client button, key, or macro that has the same effect as the above two steps.

You can save as many watched lists as you like. 

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Ekern at 22:47, 21 April 2023

Ekern: Created page with "__TOC__ If you anticipate watching the same or many of the same items in subsequent debugging sessions, you can save to a local file the entire list of it..."

Ekern: Created page with "TOC If you anticipate watching the same or many of the same items in subsequent debugging sessions, you can save to a local file the entire list of it..."