DotNetKicks.com - Stories tagged with Debugging

"!CLRStack -p" Isn't Always Reliable

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:40:35 GMT

As this post demonstrates, using SOS's "!CLRStack -p" command, incorrect parameter values might be shown even at the most basic debugging scenarios

Improving the display of F# seq's in the debugger

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 04:19:48 GMT

A great post that explains how to make debugging F# seq<T> expressions easier by getting the debugger to display them using the IEnumerable<T> "Results View" node in the watch windows (like they do for C# and VB).

Debugging Dynamic objects Part 1

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:17:08 GMT

With C# 4.0 we can instantiate and perform operations on objects from dynamic languages like iron python, Iron ruby by using the dynamic keyword. In this post i will show you the tools added to inspection these objects and how one can reuse this for debugging COM objects

Modifying VB XML Literals at Debug-Time

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:36:35 GMT

Article showing how to change XML literals in the debugger without using Edit and Continue.

How to get remote debugging to work successfully

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:01:02 GMT

FTA:"After much time, trial and error, I was finally able to get Visual Studio's remote debugging features to work. In my travels around the Internet, no one seems to have compiled all the steps to make the process work successfully and seemlessly into one page, this is my attempt."

How to debug crashes and hangs

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:12:16 GMT

At my job on the C# IDE QA team I've learned some useful things about debugging in Visual Studio, which I'd like to summarize in this post: Turning off "Enable just my code" Attaching the debugger using Tools | Attach To Process Selecting Managed, Native for mixed-mode debugging or Enable unmanaged code debugging Attaching to multiple processes Selecting processes and threads Breaking on first-chance exceptions using the Debug | Exceptions dialog Picking the right thread Loading symbols Viewing the call stack Saving the minidump file

Debug an executable without using Attach to Process

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:12:47 GMT

Debug an executable that isn't a part of a Visual Studio project without using Tools - Attach to Process. You can attach to the exe before it even starts, helps debugging those bugs in startup...

Debugging ASP .NET AJAX with Firebug and Web Development Helper

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:03:13 GMT

Bugs bite. With programming, bugs break your application; sour the relationship with the users. So by all means, debug! FireBug is a gem of bug for debugging. You can also debug with web development helper as well as native visual studio script debugger.

.NET Debugging Demos - Information and setup instructions (IIS)

Thu, 22 May 2008 00:21:03 GMT

This is a series of debugging demos aimed to help you get some hands on experience in debugging the most common types of Hang/performance, memory and crash scenarios in .net applications. The demos are written in ASP.NET which means that you do need IIS and .net framework 2.0 installed on the development machine where you install the demos.

Custom Controls Design Time Support Part 15: Debugging Design Time

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:46:03 GMT

The final part in the series describing how to debug design time support.

C# Debugging Improvements for VS 2008 SP1- Part 1

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:04:38 GMT

Over the past few months I have been busy closing VS 2008 and working on some fixes for SP1. We have enabled some key debugging scenarios in C# in VS 2008 SP1, they include support for Range Variables in Queries & Anonymous Types Generic Type arguments Covering all of them was making the post long so i am going to discuss Range variables this time and continue on with the other 2 in the next post.

Debugging C# 3.0 Part II

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:15:22 GMT

In the last article I covered the "results view" for lazy evaluated collections like Queries/Enumerable and the use of extension methods in the watch and immediate window. For completeness I will cover stepping, range variables, anonymous types and Xlinq support and this will lead us into the SP1 work for debugging.

DebuggerStepThroughAttribute: Save time while debugging

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:20:17 GMT

Properties are a great feature in .Net, no doubt. The only time I have a problem with them is when I have simple properties and I am stepping through code while debugging. Here's a .Net feature that will save you time.

Building release builds with pdb files

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:46:04 GMT

Visual Studio 2005 builds release builds with pdb files by default Find out why that is a best practice for the release builds

Debugging with Debug.WriteLine And StackTrace

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:42:48 GMT

A simple tip for making your debugging life easier by combining Debug.WriteLine() with StackTrace

The Moth: Multithreaded Debugging Enhancements in Visual Studio 2008

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:58:26 GMT

Rather than writing or screenshoting the new multithreaded debugging enhancements in Visual Studio 2008, I thought I'd create a 15' video to demonstrate them. See if you can spot what the bug is before I "discover" it in my demo ;-).

Bug Debugging Method Parameters in C++

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:24:52 GMT

Here is why you should make sure your parameter names are consistent between your declarations and definitions in C++. Not doing so leads to strange and confusing behavior in the debugger.

Easier Debugging with Attributes

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:01:02 GMT

Most people probably haven't realized that there are several attributes that you can add to your code to make debugging easier. Some prevent you from stepping into sections of code, others change the way variables are displayed in the watch window.

Use DebuggerDisplay attribute for Easier Debugging

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:31:02 GMT

Did you know that you can appply DebuggerDisplay attribute to a class or member to determine how it is displayed in the watch window. It's quick, it's easy, and it really works!

Overriding ToString for Easier Debugging

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:46:02 GMT

Did you know that you can override the ToString() method to make the debugger show you more information about your objects in the watch window. It's quick, it's easy, and it really works!

Debugging C#

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:44:02 GMT

Another post from csharptutorial.blogspot.com - at last.

Debugging and Delayed Execution in C# 3.0

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:16:01 GMT

C# 3.0 added a few constructs like queries which are delay executed. This means that they are not actually executed until the results of the query are required. Debugging some of them can seem strange since one can't step in to the Query where its created but only where its enumerated, like in a foreach loop. In this article i will show some of the problems that the user can face based on the fact that the Query is delay executed and the debugger tries to be as non-intrusive as possible.

Running a .NET Windows service as console application

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:27:26 GMT

How to create a hybrid .NET console/service application with a few lines of code.

Debugging Assembly Loading Errors

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:16:01 GMT

There are situations sometimes when .NET loads wrong assembly or can't load one at all. Usually we can see TypeLoadException in that case. Assuming we have exception at all. This post describe how to debug assembly loading problems.

The easiest way to break ASP.NET AJAX pages

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:51:58 GMT

An article about Response.Write in ASP.NET AJAX page, why it doesn't work, and a workaround.