Hi TheArchitectmc Thanks a lot for your replies :) Finally I succeeded with the StringBuilderVisualizer, which loads automatically. It works fine with a listbox, I just had to discover how to activate it :) BR Lars

Hi TheArchitectmc, thanks again for your reply. I tried the StringBuilder visualizer from Platinum Bay & copied the dll to the visualizers folder, like: c:\MVS_2008\Common7\Packages\Debugger\Visualizers\StringBuilderVisualizer.dll In a project I created a reference to the StringBuilderVisualizer.dll and wrote the Imports statement (Imports StringBuilderVisualizer) in the start of my code. That didn't work & the new StringBuilderVisualizer was stated as an "unused" reference?? How can that be? I must say that i'm quite surprised if the feature I'm asking for, isn't in the VS 2008 standard package Basically, the only info I get when watching StringBuilder "strings" is: Capacity Chars (with a standard message: In order to evaluate...) Length MaxCapacity Thats it! The most important part: The actual string-value, are missing :( BR Lars

Hi TheArchitectmc, thanks for your reply. While debugging, it is interesting to be able to see the actual value of the StringBuilder "string" as it is shown in the article (figure 3), not just what is added. CloseUp of figure 3 here: www.code-magazine.com/ShowLargeArticleImage.aspx?QuickID=0503061&Image=figure3.tif[^] Apparently even in VS 2005, it is possible to do what I ask for, as you can see in the CloseUp picture at "m_StingValue", where the user are offered 3 different visualizer types for better viewing. Since it is advised to use StringBuilder "strings" instead of normal strings for many purposes, I would say that being able to watch these while debugging, should be a mandatory option "out of the box", without the need for adding code. I hope someone can help :) BR Lars

How to watch StringBuilder strings while debugging? Hi, I was wondering why I can't make my VS 2008 to watch StringBuilder string-values while debugging? According to this article from Code Magazine: www.code-magazine.com/articleprint.aspx?quickid=0503061&printmode=true , it should be possible, even in VS 2005 (standard) according to figure 3 & 4 in the article. What am I missing? ps: i'm a newbie :) BR Lars