Hi folks,

What's up with the VS.NET Command Window's Immediate mode. I lived and breathed by the Immediate window in VS6 but can't get the .NET version to cooperate.

In VS6 I could evaluate expressions in the immediate window as easy as typing:

?Len(str)
 18
?LCase(str)
c:\apath\afile.exe

If I try it in VS.NET I get:

?file2
@"C:\Windows\System32\Notepad.exe"
?file2.ToLower()
error: 'file2.ToLower' does not exist

Is there anyway to do this kind of simple expression eveluation using the Immediate mode in VS.NET. Please say YES!!!

Thanks,

Bob

I've never got this to work unless I'm debugging a program.
Set a breakpoint and start the application. When the breakpoint is hit you can use the immediate window.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

Have a look at this thread

http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=29927

Ankur

Regards
Ankur

Thanks Joe and Ankur,

Took a look at the other thread.

Well...I guess its actually kinda' reassuring to know when something just plain old doesn't work. Can stop scratching my head about it at least. Just another reason to upgrade to 2K5...one o' these days.

Thanks,

Bob