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Friday, October 12, 2007 1:54 AM

How to tell if a function is managed code?

This is a moot point for pure C# apps, but what if you're writing in MC++ (or some other 'mixed' language) and you want to know if a function is getting compiled as managed or native code? You can try and inspect the source and infer from the language
Posted by jmstall | 1 Comments
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:10 PM

Interop-debugging fails when using more than 63 TLS slots

Here's a Public Service Announcement: Interop-debugging may hang if the debuggee uses more than 63 native Thread Local-Storage slots and then loads the CLR. KB939969 has more details, including three workarounds. This is fixed in Orcas, so only applies
Posted by jmstall | 3 Comments
Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:27 AM

You don't want to write an interop debugger.

I've had a growing number of people inquire about how to write an interop-debugger with ICorDebug. My goal here is to discourage you from doing that. (This reminds me of one of my college classes. On day one, the acting-Prof launched into a great sermon
Posted by jmstall | 2 Comments
Wednesday, May 24, 2006 3:23 PM

Beware of the Vectored Exception Handler and managed code

A vectored exception handler (see kernel32!AddVectoredExceptionHandler ) lets you add to a global list of filters that get executed by the OS when a native exception is thrown. More specifically, this list is executed by the OS before the filters in the
Posted by jmstall | 6 Comments
Thursday, January 26, 2006 1:51 PM

You can't do Edit-and-Continue with Interop-debugging on.

Somebody asked on the forums about Edit-and-Continue (EnC) in mixed mode . You can't use managed EnC with mixed-mode ( interop ) debugging enabled. This is a limitation of the CLR Debugging Services. Both Interop-debugging and EnC are complicated features;
Posted by jmstall | 6 Comments
Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:54 AM

F5 vs. Ctrl-F5

In VS, F5 will launch your application under the debugger. Under the debugger, you'll hit breakpoints, be able to edit-and-continue, and do all the debugger things you know and love. Ctrl+F5 will launch your application outside of the debugger. This is
Posted by jmstall | 5 Comments
 
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