Viewing Register Details Offline

The Register Details view allows you to browse registers information from debugger database offline (without a debug session). Register details are presented in the same way as in registers view. Select a supported processor from the Processors list and click the register from the list to view details offline.

The Register Details view also provides an editor for "regs" files (files exported from registers view). Select File > Open File and select the previously exported registry dump (. reg ) file, to launch the Register Details view for viewing and editing registry details offline. For details on how to create a .reg file, refer Exporting Registers.

Figure 1. Viewing Register Details Offline - Visual Editor

Viewing Register Details Offline - Visual Editor

The following table provides details of the various options that help you load binary or plain hex text register dump files in the Register Details view.

Table 1. Register Details - Context Menu
Menu Item Description
Load dump file Launches the Open dialog box asking for details of the dump file to load. This menu item is replaced with the file name of the dump file, once it is loaded.
Unload dump file Unloads the current dump file.
Change dump file delta offset Launches the File Delta Offset dialog box asking for global delta dump file offset details.
Endianness Shows current endianness for the dump file and allows toggling it.
Runtime address Launches the Runtime address dialog box asking for runtime address details from where the dump was made.

Upon loading the register dump file, you can view and edit the register details in the Visual Editor mode and click Write to save the updated details to the .reg file. Alternatively, you can click the Text Editor tab to edit the registry dump file.

Figure 2. Viewing Register Details Offline - Text Editor

Viewing Register Details Offline - Text Editor


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