> I'm new to the .net environment and I'm using the language C#.  I have
some
> pointers in my application and when I debug it, I want to look at both the
> address and the contents of the pointers in the memory window.  However,
> under the Watch window, the Value column shows only the data type of my
> pointer when the Visual Studio 6 would should the address (in hex) of the
> pointer.  When I drag and drop that pointer to the memory window, nothing
> can be displayed.

> Does someone know what I did wrong and how to fix this problem?

> Thanks a lot.

> Yawen

----- Original Message -----

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: Pointer address and memory window problem

> Yawen,

>     In .NET you don't have access to pointers, only to references.  The
> garbage collector can move memory around at will, so even if you had a
> location in memory that held an object, there is no guarantee that it will
> be there later on.

>     Is there a reason that you need direct memory access?

> --
>                - Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]

> > I'm new to the .net environment and I'm using the language C#.  I have
> some
> > pointers in my application and when I debug it, I want to look at both
the
> > address and the contents of the pointers in the memory window.  However,
> > under the Watch window, the Value column shows only the data type of my
> > pointer when the Visual Studio 6 would should the address (in hex) of
the
> > pointer.  When I drag and drop that pointer to the memory window,
nothing
> > can be displayed.

> > Does someone know what I did wrong and how to fix this problem?

> > Thanks a lot.

> > Yawen