Setting memory breakpoint in Visual Studio 2012

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Ekalic picture Ekalic · Apr 18, 2013 · Viewed 7.3k times · Source

I need to set breakpoint that watches a specific address in memory (e.g. 0x0483d7cc) that is hit when the content changes. I am using Visual Studio 2012 and C++. How can I do that?

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Michael Burr picture Michael Burr · Apr 18, 2013

Just use the menu item: Debug | New Breakpoint | New Data Breakpoint...

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