Iterate Over Struct; Easily Display Struct Fields And Values In a RichEdit Box

Question

Is there an easier way to display the struct fields and their corresponding values in RichEdit control?

This is what I am doing now:

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Answer 1

Not that I think this is a great answer, but it feels like it should be included for completeness reasons. A somewhat different approach would be to write a debugger extension using the Windows debugger extension APIs. The task you are describing is almost a perfect fit for a debugger extension. I say almost because I'm not sure that including it in a release build is a very good plan. But depending on where you are needing this functionality, it might be a possibility. If it is needed "in-house" for your own purposes, it may work. If it is needed to run at a customer's site, then I would be less inclined to use it because of the extra baggage (debug symbols) that would need to be shipped.

There is one big potential problem too with your environment. It appears you are using C++ Builder version 5. I'm not aware of a way to generate debug symbols from that environment that would work with the Windows debugging tools. There is a utility map2dbg that does the conversion, but it apparently needs at least C++ Builder v6.