How do I see the guid while debugging VB code in VS2008?

Question

On my last machine I had created a way to see a GUID variable while debugging by hovering over it. I don't remember what it was (a visualizer?).

I have a new 64 bit machine with vs2008 - is there anyway to mouseover a guid value and have it appear? What makes guid's so special that their value doesn't show like most variables?

Answer 1

You might be looking for this visualizer:

http://devmatter.blogspot.com/2006/04/guid-debugger-visualizer-for-visual.html

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it works in Visual Studio 2008.

EDIT: Here is the posting from the developers site: http://www.codechimp.org/Blog/post/New-Download-GUID-Visualizer-for-Visual-Studio-2005.aspx Doesn't look like he has worked on it since then.

Answer 2

I wrote a blog article on how to do this awhile back. It doesn't require a visualizer and the results will just show up automatically.

• http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2007/09/28/customizing-displays-in-the-debugger-for-system-types.aspx

Also, this is fixed in VS2010 such that the GUID will always display inline by default. No extra steps necessary.