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Impact Analysis: Studying function calls

You may want to see where me Object::ResetFlag is called:

  1. Highlight me Object::ResetFlag in the newly created function-call tree.
  2. Choose Context menu > ResetFlag Referred-By.
    Scroll around. As you can see in the illustration below, the backward references of
    me Object::ResetFlag are added to the graph. All methods that access this method, as well as all methods that call these methods, are shown.

    Click for full size, then use Back button

    Let's now quickly visit the locations that are displayed in the Cross Referencer. To do so:

  1. <SHIFT> click on a method.
    The Code view is positioned at the first reference to the method.
  2. <SHIFT> double-click on a method.
    A Source Editor appears, and the first reference is displayed in it.
  3. Position the Source Editor and the Cross Referencer on your screen so that you can see both.
  4. In the Source Editor, choose Show > Next Match.
    The Source Editor positions to the next reference and the Cross Referencer's Graph view is positioned at the next match.
  5. To see all locations, repeat the previous step until there are no more matches.