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C/C++ Custom Visualizer

This directory contains an example C/C++ Custom Visualizer.

What is a Custom Visualizer?

The Visual Studio C/C++ Expression Evaluator allows customization of the display of variables in the debugger based on the type of that variable (example: change the way CExampleClass variables are displayed) using .natvis files. Natvis files add rules to format a type either declaratively or by running custom code in the debugger. This custom code is called a Custom Visualizer. Most of the time it is easier and much less error prone to use the declarative approach. But Custom Visualizers are useful when formatting a type is too complicated to be done declaratively.

Natvis documentation can be found on docs.microsoft.com.

How to use this sample

More information about this sample can be found in the Wiki for this project.