Debug DatA Export
Visual Studio gives great options to inspect data in your debug session. However, exporting data for use in other environments, to generate plots of the data and export them in various formats is not easily possible out of the box. ILNumerics Array Visualizer fills this gap. It let's you create scientific plots of your data and export them into a number of popular graphic formats. including vector graphic and data exchange formats.
The Share Menu
The ILNumerics Array Visualizer lets you export your debug data in various ways. The type of export depends on the currently selected output type. For text output the values will be exported in number formats. For graphical outputs images will result.
All exports are performed from the Share menu, located at the top right corner of the Array Visualizer tool window.
Furthermore, the Share menu gives access to useful links to this documentation and provides info on how to buy a license to ILNumerics products.
Email Export
Send a snapshot of the current state of your data to someone by email! Clicking on "Email a Friend" will open up your favorite Email client (tested with Outlook only) in authoring mode. The email will have an attachement with the png version of the currently displayed image.
File Export
Use the "Export To" menu to export the data in one of the following formats:
- PNG (pixel graphic)
- JPG (pixel graphic)
- BMP (pixel graphic)
- SVG (vector graphic, useful for PDF generation)
- MAT (Matlab version 6, binary number format)
- HDF5 dataset (binary number format)
- CSV (comma seperated text format)
- TXT (plain text, similar to the text output)
Clipboard Export
Data from the current output can be copied into the clipboard easily. For image output types, the clipboard contains the bitmap data in a format which can be pasted into any suitable application / document.
Having selected the Text Output tab, the "Copy to Clipboard" menu wil copy the data into a format which can readily be pasted into Excel instead.