About Watches

Watches are a debugging tool that can be used in the Task Builder for examining the states of variables and conditions within a running task.  

A watch can simply be the name of a variable. For example, to watch the value of an AutoMate BPA Server 7 variable named TotalCount, add a watch that contains simply TotalCount.

Embedded expressions can also be used within a watch, using the same syntax as a standard AutoMate BPA Server 7 embedded expression. To watch the length of an AutoMate BPA Server 7 variable called "myName", add a watch Len(myName)

When a task is run in Task Builder, Watches are re-evaluated after each step is executed. When a task runs outside the Task Builder, for example when a task is started, the watches are ignored.

Watches can be added, removed, or modified using the Watches View of the Debug Window.

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Using Watches

Watches Debug View