Visual C++: memory debugger refresh while running

Question

In Visual C++ 2015, the memory debugger window shows

"Unavailable when debuggee is running."

when the process is running.

Is it possible to show and reevaluate the memory at a certain address without pause the process, like a live view?

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible. Place a breakpoint, open breakpoint settings button (gear) and set action to print log message containing the value of variable of interest such as {var_name}. Example:

auto i{0u};
for(;;)
{
   ++i;
}

will print the value of i into VS output window every 10000 iterations.

This screenshot if from VS2017, but it should probably work for VS2015 as well.