Question

I want to apply the DebuggerDisplayAttribute to include an memory address value.
Is there a way to have it displayed in hexadecimal?

[DebuggerDisplay("Foo: Address value is {Address}")] 
class Foo 
{
    System.IntPtr m_Address = new System.IntPtr(43981); // Sample value


    System.IntPtr Address
    {
         get { return m_Address; }
    }
} 

This will display: Foo: Address value is 43981
Instead, I’d like the value to be displayed in hex, like that: Foo: Address value is 0xABCD.

I know that I could apply all kinds of formatting by overriding ToString(), but I’m curious if the same is possible with DebuggerDisplayAttributes.

Answer 1

Yes you can use any method off the properties just as you would normally.
[DebuggerDisplay("Foo: Address value is {Address.ToString(\"<formatting>\"}")] is an example

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x810d419.aspx