Hi, I attached VS 2003 debugger to a hung process. From Debugger's Module window, right click on a module and select Reload symbols. I could reload symbols for most DLLs, failed a few, including ole32.dll. The bad thing is the debugger does not give me any useful information why it fail...more >>

Reboot -> Open VS -> click debug processes (no project open). VS 2003 hangs, now consistantly. Seesm like there is a hidden dialog open, as when I try to reboot, I get a dialog still open error. I have to kill VS first.Have read every thing I can find and desperately need help. It is not only...more >>

Hi, I have a simple visual basic 6 program that calls a function in a class written in C# assembly. Running executeable directly gives me no problem, debugging VB6 program is also working fine. However, when I try to debug C# assembly with VB6 program, VB6 program simply crashes upon trying t...more >>

Hello, I use VB .NET in Visual Studio .NET 2005. Until recently, I could use the debugger normaly... since few weeks ago, and I don't know why... I'm not able to use it. Everytime I place a break-point in my code (in class or module) the debugger doesn't stop at that point, but instead sho...more >>

Hi, My application hang and I attached to it from VS .Net 2003 debugger. I clicked "Break" button in the "Process" dialog. Usually I could break into my application and see what is happening. But recently I could not do that for some hung processes. I got the following error prompt. "Una...more >>

Hello, I'm debugging a library which I didn't write, and I'm new to VS.NET environment, so kinda worst case scenario :) Somewhere in the code, there is a #if (DEBUG) prepocessor directive like this: protected virtual void AddDefaultSessionVariables(object sender, System.Event...more >>

I am using the Perfomance Tools from Visual Studio 2005 in order to instrument an EXE and an assembly. Both have been compiled as Release builds and signed. I added the two files which interest me as target binaries, added a post-instrumentation "SN" invocation in order to re- sign the assemblie...more >>

Trying to use the VS2005 performance tools as a non-admin seems full of difficulties. The first one, is that the user has to have the "Create global objects" right, which can be specified using Local Security Settings / Local Policies / User Rights Assignment. Then, however, the performance to...more >>

What's the actual differnce in output that results from selecting Release over Debug. I assume that some "debugging" code is left out but am not really sure what occurs. Is there a way to predict code performance differences between Release and Debug? -- Michael Hockstein...more >>

Will the new DataSet Visualizer work with classes extended from the DataSet class? -- Jeff Lynch "Ramblings From A [Microsoft] Connected Universe" http://codebetter.com/blogs/jeff.lynch ...more >>

Hi there, I am a new developer of ASP.NET and I've been using Microsoft Bisual Basic ..NET 2003 for a month or so. I've experienced some problems with DEBUGGING which are still not solved, and I was hoping someone here could help me. Everything started when I scanned my computer looking fo...more >>

Hi, I have a simple c++ project on platform win32 with visual studio 2005. When I add simple breakpoints and look at the locals window of the debugger I see only the parameters of the current function I am in. However in this function (and before the breakpoint specified) there have also ...more >>

Extra Info on previous message Previous message: I have had instances where changes made while in Edit and Continue mode are not always saved correctly i.e. a bug is fixed and the code tests ok but on a later compile that change may not be there. The setup is XP with VS.2005 VB.Net. H...more >>

For some reason, I don't have the Debug > Exceptions menu item in VS 2005. I also can't access the Immediate window from the menu. Does anyone else have this problem? I know these items exist because I've seen them on other machines. ...more >>

I just installed vs 2005 and I am trying to debug regular ASP pages and they never stop at the break points I put in. My coleages are able to debug .net programs, but I can NOT do it with ASP pages. I have 2003 still installed and debugging works fine. Please help!!...more >>

Hi, When I'm debugging with VS 2005 I often have the following problem with Debug.Assert. If an assert fires I cannot look at all the locals in the callers of the asserting method. When I hover over those locals (even simple structs) the fields often contain the error message "Cannot ev...more >>

greeting, I Read the article << Improved Error Reporting with DBGHELP 5.1APIs >> of matt pietrek. but I found when report crash informations, some local variables and parameter's value was wrong. and when report global variables, its report a lots of variables. question. 1.how to get ...more >>

Hi there, I am trying to debug my web application which does not work anymore. This is the error message: Error while trying to run the project: Unable to start debugging on the web server. Click help for more information. - I am working with a restricted user account - The ASP.NET wor...more >>

Hi group, I am using the Visual C++ Development Environment 2003 (Ver. 7.1.3088) for a command line application. There is only one input parameter (file name), which I provide in the Properties settings of my project for debugging purposes. To be precise: It's in "Configuration Properties" ...more >>

I'm trying to debug classic asp with VS2003 but I get a question mark on the breakpoint red circle with the message "The breakpoint will not currently be hit. No symbols have been loaded for this document" Does anybody know what I'm supposed to do to get rid of this message and make debugging as...more >>

I have a VS2005 solution containing asp.net and integration services projects. The asp.net site calls the SSIS packages. My problem? Whenever I start debugging, the SSIS project goes bold in the soln explorer and the packages start executing. Of course I only want them to execute when called ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to debug asp pages with VS.NET 2003 but I get always prompted to entre a username and password. I tried all accounts in the debugger group and administrators etc.. and none worked. none of them has a password. What am I supposed to do to get rid of the dialog box asking me for ...more >>

Hello there, i was working to trying remote debugging to work on two machines but unfortunately one even stops to debug local processes as well. Both machines are part of domain, both are windows xp sp2 machines, have added my name to the debug users and admin as well, set the edit limits in th...more >>

I've migrate my application from VS2003 to VS2005 on Windows server 2003. On IIS I've created a separate web site instead of using the default web. When I start my application in debug mode I've got this message : "unable to start debugging on the web server. the Microsoft visual studio remot...more >>

How can I debug a multi threaded application? Thanks Salam...more >>

VS2003 vb.net nant I'm working on a fairly substantial web app. When going into the debugger, I get "Run-time exception thrown : System.ArgumentException - Cannot find the method on the object instance" on properties that I should be able to see. If I make a property (that's a string) e...more >>

Hi all, I am getting this message when I try to debug a process through the task manager. "JIT debugging a process in another session is currently not supported." This is happening on a machine running XP Service Pack 2 and Visual Studio ..Net 2003 that I have logged into using remote d...more >>

I tried going to the v.1.1.4322 directory and running regsrvr32.exe on the diasymreader.dll as one web site suggessted, that did not resolve anything. I am trying to figure out why when I run Debugging inside of a solution i get the following messages (I am new to visual studio.net). i am us...more >>