I am debugging the strings using Variables view, but instead of the string, only the address of the first character or the location is shown in the preview panel. What do I do?

This is a limitation of Eclipse based CodeWarrior IDE that arrays are not displayed as strings. Further more, the Variables view shows the strings only for unsigned char types, or if the plain char is unsigned.

To overcome this problem you can use the Editor view, and move the mouse cursor over the variable in the source code to view the string.