Image Watch for Visual Studio

Visual Studio extension providing a watch window for visualizing in-memory images (bitmaps) when debugging native C++ code.

Required Workloads and Components

Workloads

• .NET Desktop Development
• Desktop Development with C++
• Visual Studio Extension Development

Components

• C++ Spectre Mitigated libraries for x64/86 (Latest MSVC)
• Windows 10 SDK
• .NET Framework 4.7.2 targeting pack

Getting started

1. Open ImageWatch.sln in Visual Studio 2022 or later.
2. Choose Debug or Release configuration.
3. Select "Build" > "Build Solution".
4. To run tests:
   • Open "Test" > "Test Explorer".
   • Select "Run All ..." or "Run".
     • Note: Tests can be grouped by Traits; Categories "Perf" and "Slow" might be better suited for Release configuration.
5. To run the extension:
   • Open context menu for ImageWatch.Packaging project in Solution Explorer.
   • Select "Set as Startup Project".
   • Select "Debug" > "Start Debugging"

Additional notes

Project Test/ConsoleApplication1 is provided as a sample OpenCV application to manually test Image Watch functionality on. Once its required dependencies are acquired (e.g., through vcpkg), it can be added to the solution build via "Build" > "Configuration Manager".