diff --git a/IDEHelper/WinDebugger.cpp b/IDEHelper/WinDebugger.cpp
index 25995bde..57800835 100644
--- a/IDEHelper/WinDebugger.cpp
+++ b/IDEHelper/WinDebugger.cpp
@@ -7002,8 +7002,8 @@ String WinDebugger::DbgTypedValueToString(const DbgTypedValue& origTypedValue, c
 			if ((!typedValue.mIsLiteral) && (!formatInfo.mHidePointers))
 				retVal = EncodeDataPtr(ptrVal, true);
 
-			int strLen = -1;
-			if (typedValue.mIsLiteral)
+			int strLen = formatInfo.mOverrideCount;
+			if ((strLen == -1) && (typedValue.mIsLiteral))
 			{
 				if (typedValue.mDataLen > 0)
 					strLen = typedValue.mDataLen;