Visual Studio Watch window greyed out?

Question

I have a VB app that I need to monitor while it is running. I added some variables to the Watch window, but while the app is running the watch window is greyed out. The only w

Answer 1

What you're attempting to do is not possible in Visual Studio. All of the variable inspection windows (watch, locals, autos, etc ...) rely on the debugee process being in a break state in order to function.

This is true of essentially any debugger I've worked with in the past. At least those which use a compiled language.

I'm curious as to what IDE's you're referring to? Did they deal with interpreted languages?