Value for a QString showing as byte array in Visual Studio 2010

Question

QString str = "hello";

When I debug the code in Visual Studio 2010 and add a watch to str, I'm unable to get the data it contains as a string. The watch shows only the internal byte array.

How can I get the value of a QString as a text string, rather than a byte array?

I tried in VS2008 as well, and i was getting the value as text string.

Post a screenshot of what the variable is looking in the debugger. Also see these similar questions - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22324166/visual-studio-2012-and-qt4-8-5-how-to-see-qstring-contents-in-debug-mode and http://www.qtcentre.org/threads/33200-QString-is-not-shown-properly-in-Watch-%28Qt-Add-in-1-1-5-for-Visual-Studio-2008%29. Maybe the solutions there will work. — sashoalm, Mar 20 '15 at 07:10

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 09 '15 at 13:49

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You need Qt Visual Studio Add-in or write your own debugger type visualizer:

http://wiki.qt.io/IDE-debug-helpers

edited Jun 09 '15 at 13:49

tomvodi

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answered Mar 17 '15 at 12:19

svlasov

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i'm able to compile and debug successfully. The issue is QString is not displayed as text string. FYI, i have used the VS add-in as well. – IPS Mar 17 '15 at 12:22
Do you find Qt types in `c:\program files(x86)\\common7\packages\debugger\autoexp.dat`? – svlasov Mar 17 '15 at 12:44
Take one from https://github.com/qtproject/qt-labs-vstools/tree/master/tools/Qt4EEAddin – svlasov Mar 18 '15 at 09:15
svlasov: this link is dead. – David Faure Jan 09 '17 at 19:03
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David Faure: after some googling https://github.com/JackyDing/Qt4VSAddin/tree/master/tools/Qt4EEAddin – svlasov Jan 09 '17 at 21:41

Value for a QString showing as byte array in Visual Studio 2010

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