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dotnet clr : Extending the debugger


kh
9/25/2004 4:19:02 AM
Hi. I have written a utility that can accept a DataSet and allow the user to
browse the tables and data within it. I thought it would be nice to integrate
this with the VSNET debugger so that the user can browse a DataSet whilst in
break mode.

I haven't done anything like this before so can anyone give me any pointers
on how to do this? There are plenty of articles regarding IDE addins but I
don't have a clue how to get a hook into the debugger to get, for example,
info on the current set of 'locals'. Any general info to get me started would
be useful.

Thanks

kh
rbyers NO[at]SPAM online.microsoft.com (
9/27/2004 8:42:08 PM
Hi,
I don't know much about it myself, but VS.NET 2005 (currently in Beta) has
a great extensibility model for debugging visualization. Check out this
MSDN article for an introduction:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/05/VisualStudio2005Debugging/.

If you want to add this in VS 2003, you may need more than a simple Add-In.
I suggest you try asking in microsoft.public.vstudio.extensibility. The
clr group is for questions about the run-time, not visual studio.

I hope this is helpful,
Rick

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kh
9/28/2004 1:05:04 AM
rick

thanks for the vsnet 05 tip, i'll check it out. i would however like to get
it working in vsnet 03. i'll ask the question elsewhere as you suggest

kh


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