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Visual Studio Debugger FAQ

Introduction This FAQ can be used to narrow down the problems associated with debugging any type of solution using any version of Visual Studio from 7.0 to 2008. Please be aware that this is very much a work-in progress. Please continue to refer to it
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Debugger Tips, Tricks and Tools #12

I've had loads of people ask me the question: "Is there any way to step into a function without having to bother stepping into all the properties that might have to be executed as parameters before getting to what I'm really interested in?" The standard
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Why does Visual Studio require debugger symbol files to *exactly* match the binary files that they were built with?

Recently a coworker of mine lost the symbol file for one of his binaries. Because he needed to debug that binary, getting those symbols back was of utmost importance since debugging without them is near impossible. He decided to try and use a symbol file
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Debugger Tips, Tricks and Tools #11

More fun with labelling breakpoints Back in my first Debugger tips post I provided some macros that allow you to tag a set of breakpoints with a string so that they can easily be enabled or disabled from the command window. Well, just for kicks, I decided
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Debugger Tips, Tricks and Tools #10

Create a one-step operation to attach to a process If you find your debugging session typically involves attaching to a specific process you can save yourself some time in VS 2005 by creating a macro to do it for you. Choose Tools->Macros->Record
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Debugger Tips, Tricks and Tools #9

Making native array viewing easier with Enhanced DataTips I'm back from vacation, and have a new found respect for people (mostly US wives/women, I presume) that slave all day over preparing a Thanksgiving meal and then cleaning it all up. Yep, I did
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Debugger Tips, Tricks and Tools (On vacation)

Spending the week on vacation. I'll return with more tips next week! Happy Thanksgiving!
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Debugger Tips, Tricks and Tools #7

Moving tracepoints and breakpoints around
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Debugger Tips, Tricks and Tools #6

Create an Object ID to keep track of an object while debugging
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Debugger Tips, Tricks and Tools #5

Enhanced DataTips have a context menu
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Debugger Tips, Tricks and Tools #4

Keyboard navigation and transparency with Enhanced DataTips
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Debugger Tips, Tricks and Tools #3

Use tracepoints to log execution flow and even modify it!
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Debugger Tips, Tricks and Tools #2

Use format specifiers or type-casting in Enhanced Datatips.
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Debugger Tips, Tricks and Tools #1

Manage your breakpoints via a group names
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