Hi All, My system: WinXP Pro, VS.NET 2003, SQL Server Personal Edition. I'm having problems with my old favourite demon, SQL Debugging from within VS.NET. I have to say I've found this particular feature to be one of the most useful and (sadly) unreliable/fragile features in VS.NET, it see...more >>

Hi, I just created an ASP Net application and designed a basic ASP Net page with few controls on it. Each time I start debugging the page instead on displaying it on the browser (which is started by the way) is "downloading it"... My question is: Why this behavior? Is just a simple A...more >>

I have been looking at the Microsoft Password Filter sample dll code in knowledge base article 151082 at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q151/0/82.asp&NoWebContent=1 In the sample code it has debug code, what process do i need ...more >>

I installed xppro and then vs.net2002 academic (i r a student) on a clean drive. built a web form, ran the debugger and downloaded the first critical update. then tested debugger it was ok. then loaded the rest of the critical update bundle. debug no longer works. The error i get is: "Er...more >>

I have a 2003 Server and Studio 2003 with remote debugging (working in ASP.NET). Debugging itself works perfectly but on exceptions I only get the exception page in Internet Explorer. How can I make Studio stop and go into debug mode when an exception occurs?...more >>

Just developed a VB.NET app. Used VS.NET 2003 to make an installer package. I then installed dotnetfx.exe on the target machine and finally installed my app on the target machine. First thing that happens is an error - 'Caption Title: Myapp.exe - Common Language Runtime Debugging Services....more >>

How can I set a breakpoint on a module instead of a line ? I want Visual Studio to break as soon as any line of code in a given .cs file is executed. Nick Carter ...more >>

I am running VS.NET Enterprise Edition on a Windows Server 2003 box localhost. The debugging toolbars and shift F5 are not functional. I have gone through all troubleshooting tips I found online: IIS permissions are set up - User is Administrator, user is in the Debuggers group, ASP s...more >>

Exception Details:=20 CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.LoadSaveReportExcep tion: Invalid file name. I'm trying to export a crystalreport to pdf format and=20 open it, but i always get this error. I tried searching=20 for the particular error code in msdn and knowledge base=20 but i c...more >>

Running VS.NET 2003 on Win2k3 server, I have an XP home machine on the network running msvcmon (installed via vsnet setup cd) which is able to share files with my dev win2k3 machine and is otherwise networked fine. Docs say that you have to use TCP/IP for XP Home, so i selected TCP/IP for tran...more >>

I am learning the debugger using IBuySpy. I make small changes to the code and use the debugger to see the effects of my changes. WindowsXP crashed and now when I try to debug IBuySpy, I get the following errors while the programs is starting, and these errors have nothing to do with the areas I ...more >>

Hello, I have been using the Smart Device Authentication Utility that comes with the Visual Studio Smart Device Add-on to debug my .Net application on a Windows CE target. However, when I tried to connect to my Windows CE target yesterday I got the error: Smart Device Authentication Util...more >>

I have this error when I try to debug an asp.net page: Error while trying to run project:Unable to start debugging on the web server.The server does not support debugging of ASP.NET or ATL Server applications. Run setup to install the Visual Studio.NET server components. If setup has been ...more >>

Hi, I'm try to debug a c# app with some interop stuff. During an interface call I get a System.NullReferenceException. It is obviously a callback there and during the call some other code of my program is called. The stacktrace shows the call, not the callback where the error happens. ...more >>

I'm using VSNET for my environment. I need to step through my code and watch long strings get parsed. Any way I can setup a watch that will let me do this? Thanks, Steve ...more >>

Dear All, I was able to set a break point in the JS file and debug the javascript code, for some reason this has stopped working any help to enable debug .js file will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Motupally...more >>

The strangest thing started happening to me today in Visual Studio .NET 2003. I make changes to my code and compile it, but none of my changes are in the compiled program. The compiled program is stuck on a single instance of my code (an instance that is not saved anywhere). I add print...more >>

Gurus from MS? Please? TIA Bob W...more >>

Iam using Visual Studio C++ .NET 7.1 While debugging a program, I noticed that stack trace is empty when the program crashes. I get a dialog "Unhandled exception at 0x00000000 in mytest.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000000." Click "Break"button Now another dialog pop...more >>

I just (after many tries) reinstalled VS.net 2002. It is doing several strange things. First, whenever I open the IDE a popup window shows "preparing to install" and goes through a minutes- long process of doing SOMETHING. Next time I open the program, it goes through the same routine ag...more >>

Hi, I have some code that parses a large xml file. Running the debug build under the debugger, this code takes about 5 - 10 seconds. Running the debug build not under the debugger, it takes less than a second. Is there anything I can do to speed this up? It makes debugging fairly inconv...more >>

my workflow: debug pause/break edit some code continue running i have the setting turned on in the options to automatically re-start the debug whenever i continue after editing code. but when i continue, it just steps in to the first procedure of the application, instead of RUNNING the...more >>

Could anyone give me a hand trying to work this out. Win2K sp3/4, VC7.0 We are trying to some stack walking at runtime, but we cannot get any information about the call stack. We can see that the symbols are being loaded, adn we are sure that they are the only copy of the symbols around. ...more >>

I have tried many different routes to get this working as listed below. Order of installs: * Install of Windows 2000 Professional SP4 * Install of IIS 5.0 * Install of Visual Studio .NET 2002 Configuration checks: * Checked the Web.config file to make sure the debug="true" * Checked the...more >>

Hi, I am currently trying to debug openoffice on Win2K. I have loaded up all my source files into the IDE and have set a number of breakpoints that should get hit. I start up my process and attach the debugger to the process, I can see all the modules are loaded by openoffice. Under br...more >>

Hi all, I'm trying to debug a c# application I'm trying to build, but the debugger reacts really slow. It takes between 10 to 30 seconds to step through one line of code, which is of course, not acceptable. I'm working on a 2.8 ghz with 521 kb mem so I don't think that is the cause here. ...more >>

I configured VS7.0 using http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b319037 to load symbols from our own symbol server running on IIS6 and .NET Server 2003. I am using Debugging Tools v6.2.0013.0. What I find is that when VS7.0 loads the process, the symbols are downloaded ...more >>

when I try to run a small project (windows application, not asp) in then visual studio net IDE (ver 2002 standard) using F5 it takes 3-4 minutes to load whereas without debugging (using Strg + F5) or running the .exe file it is loaded within 2 seconds. The problem occurs since I have insta...more >>

Is this the proper newsgroup for getting information on how to debug stored procedures in vs.net? It seems all questions on that topic go unanswered. Thanks, Dean ...more >>

Hi, Can you please help me with my VS .net Enterprise installation it's always hanging and asking for the following file : Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio ..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\winforms\samples\data\webservicebinding \vb\client\web references\localhost\SimpleCustomer...more >>

----------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- Access denied to 'c:\inetpub\wwwroot\EtradeinMatrix\' directory. Failed to start monitoring directory changes....more >>

Hi, I recently upgraded from VS.NET 2002 to 2003 on XP. I have a solution with a Web Forms Project and two class projects. I set a simple .aspx file in my Web Forms project as the Start Page and tried to start the debugger but I get: "A project with an Output Type of Class Library ca...more >>

How do I specify which .sbr file Visual Studio.Net to use? I have the the .sbr file but I don't know how to use it!!...more >>

Hi. When we use the stored procedure debugger from vs.net, can other users execute the stored procedure being debugged? Do I need to avoid access to the stored procedure during a debug session? Thanks, Antonio Maciel ...more >>

Hi, I have an ASP.Net application. When I start debugging it in VS.Net 2002 after the first page appears the whole devenv crashes. The application event log has the following error: Event Type: Error Event Source: Microsoft Development Environment Event Category: None Event ID: 1000 Date...more >>

Hi, I have a C# asp.net app. My validators all worked fine on 2000, and now I moved my app to 2003 and the validators are not working. I added if(!IsValid) return; as a workaround to my buttons for now so it does it server side or whatever but I still would like this to work. I saw in anot...more >>

Hi, I have a C# asp.net app that sent mail fine on server 2000 or win 2000, but now I moved it to our new 2003 box, and it's giving me "The 'SendUsing' configuration is invalid" This is the code now... MailMessage mail = new MailMessage(); mail.From = from; mail.To = email; mail.Sub...more >>

I've read the threads on SP debugging and it appears to be an art. the docs are very thin and mention "step into..." but that doesn't appear when I right click on an SP in Server Explorer. I can't find where the docs tell how to jump into my SP while stepping through my code. I'm using the free...more >>

When we are debegging step by step under French version 7.0.9500 Visual .NET and framework version 1.0.3705, the following message box "There is no source code available for the current location" (in french in the text), the machine code is displayed. This error appears many times in the ...more >>

Hi guys, is there anyway to change the values in watch windows when not debugging? It's irritating when you get an ASSERT failing because of some watch string I left in the watch window. Thanks Senkwe...more >>

Hello everyone here, Since last monday (this symptom appeared suddenly, everything was working fine before), I can't start a remote debugging session. The error message is "Unable to start debugging on the web server. Remote calls are not authorized for this process" (not sure of the last sent...more >>

I am running a mixed-mode set of projects under Visual Studio .NET 2003 (7.1.3088, .NET 1.1.4322): MFC-based C++ GUI C# DLLs Managed C++ DLLs For some reason, the debugger's output window causes a huge amount of slowdown. Either using the MFC TRACE macro, or Debug.WriteLine, it is qui...more >>

I have an "if" statement, the condition resolves to false. However when I debug through it the yellow "Instruction Pointer" moves to the last line of the statement as if it is executing it. Any know what's going on? Don't ask me if I have it built properly because I tried: Rebuilding the pr...more >>

Repost now that my email is registered: I'm needing a little help understand custom tracelisteners. Does a listener only listen to the tracing going on in the application its compiled into? I'm wanting to create a tracing type senerio where I have app B listening to App A's trace mess...more >>

I have the following situation: I am using SQL Server 2000 SP3 and VS.NET 2003. They are installed on 2 computers. I can debug stored procedures on both machines when I logged in locally and debugging local SPs. BUT when I try to debug SPs on another computer, it gives me the error about permissi...more >>

I use VS .net to debug an asp web site. Since now everything worked fine. But since yesterday when I create a new site I can not any more debug it. If I set a break point VS doesn't want to stop... My old web site are still debugging... If I look the meta information of iis with metaedit.exe I ...more >>

Hi I recently installed a fresh 2003 server, xcopied an existing asp.net application to the server. when I try to debug the application I get this error: "Error while trying to run project.: Unable to start debugging on the webserver. There is no managed code running in the process. In or...more >>

Hello, Dr. Watson helps us to save 'crash dump' on the hard disk, so the .NET programmer will be debug exactly the situation of the user. You can config the Dr. Watson to save the 'crash dump' in Windows NT/2000/XP. My question is : How can I config the Windows98 to save crash dum...more >>

I have VS.Net Pro 2002, and have noticed that VB apps won't start in debug mode. Also, in the title bar of the IDE, I notice that when I run an app, it appends to the name: [Read Only]. I don't recall seeing this before and wonder if it has something to do with the debugger problem I am having. ...more >>

Hi, the question might have been answered but it's hard to find the right search criteria, so... When single-stepping through the disassembly (VB.NET application but probably everywhere else), sometimes I can not step into procedure calls, like "Call 7b09f439". Why? Are there any security i...more >>