Refreshing data during runtime

This debugger feature refreshes the memory and registers data non-intrusively during runtime. The data is automatically refreshed after a specified interval during runtime.

You can also refresh data by clicking the Refresh button from a view toolbar. If you choose Refresh While Running from the pop-up menu, the data is refreshed automatically after the interval specified in debug configurations settings.

The data can be refreshed for the following views:

To specify a time interval to automatically refresh view data during runtime:

  1. In the CodeWarrior Projects view, right-click the project folder to display a shortcut menu.
  2. Choose Debug As > Debug Configurations from the shortcut menu.

    The Debug Configurations dialog appears. The left pane of the Debug Configurations dialog lists debug configurations that apply to the current project.

  3. Expand the CodeWarrior tree, and choose the name of the debug configuration for which you want to modify debugger settings.

    The right pane of the Debug Configurations dialog shows the settings for the configuration that you selected.

  4. Click the Debugger tab.
  5. Click the Debug tab from the Debugger Options group.
    Figure 1. Refresh settings

    View Refresh Settings

  6. Type the refresh interval in the Refresh while running period (seconds) textbox.
  7. Click Apply.

    The changes are applied to the selected debug configuration.