Variables view

Variables view allows viewing and manipulating variables when a 4gl program is run in the debug mode.

Variables view toolbar contains these buttons:

From the toolbar of the variables view these actions are available:

	Show Type Names	shows the types of variables (this option is not available if Show columns in Layout is enabled):
	Show Logical Structure	allows selecting a format for showing the logical structure of the necessary variable
	Collapse All	collapses all the expanded variables
	Show module variables	allows showing and hiding module variables
	Show global variables	allows showing and hiding global variables
	Show build-in variables	allows showing and hiding special build in variables
	Open New View	allows opening more variables views (are displayed in the bottom part of the Debug perspective). You can open as many views as you need:
	View menu	opens the drop-down menu:
	Minimize	minimizes the view
	Maximize	maximizes the view

From the drop-down menu of the Variables view, you can perform these actions:

Layout

changes the mutual layout of the variables list and their details pane:

Vertical - details pane opens on the right from the list of variables

Horisontal - details pane opens in the bottom of the view

Automatic - details pane opens in the whitespace (vertical or horizontal depending on the available space)

Variables View Only - removes the details pane

Show Columns - shows columns in the view

Select Columns - allows selecting columns to be displayed in the view (Name, Declared Type, Value, Actual Type)

Java

allows manipulating variables in Java program (read more here).

From the context menu, you can perform these actions:

	Select All	selects all the variables in the view
	Copy variables	copies the selected variables to the system clipboard
	Find	allows finding the necessary variable in the list by its name. In the Variables view, the selected variable is highlighted with blue color:
	Change Value	if selected, allows changing the value of the necessary variables. When set in the dialog box, value changes in the Variables view:
	Create watchpoints	allows creating new watchpoints
	Watch	allows creating a watch expression for the selected variable

From the context menu of the details pane, you can perform these actions:

Assign Value	allows assigning a value to the selected variable
Cut	allows cutting the value from the details pane
Copy	allows copying the value from the details pane
Paste	allows pasting the value to the details pane
Select All	allows selecting all the variables in the scope
Find /Replace	allows finding the selected values and replacing them with necessary ones:
Max Length	allows setting the number of characters to be displayed in details pane: