[Lazarus] Displaying property values while debugging

[Martin]

On 23/01/2011 20:29, Bo Berglund wrote:
> While debugging my test database application I tried to do as I
> ussually do in Delphi to see property values, namely to hover the
> mouse over a keyword when the execution has stopped in a breakpoint.
>
> In Delphi I usually see the value of the property, but here in lazarus
> I only see a pop-up message about an exception...
>
> in my case I put the cursor in the Text word of the sentence below:
>
>    query.SQL.Text := 'EXEC SelectDongleData @@SerialNo=2485';
>
> The breakpoint has been reached on the next line: query.Open;
>
> When I now hover the mouse over 'Text' then after a while a yellow box
> appears with the following content:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/GDB_Debugger_Tips#Properties

properties that have a getter, need to call a function to get the value. 
The debugger currently can't do this.