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Debugging an Arduino project with GDB on Classic ATtiny and Small ATmega MCUs

by Bernhard Nebel

A tutorial for people who finally want to debug their Arduino projects that run on AVR MCUs using the GNU project debugger GDB

Tracing and Logging Technologies on Windows. Part 1 - Simple Ways Providing Information for Tracing

by Maxim Kartavenkov

The series of articles covers most aspects of logging and tracing mechanisms which can be embedded into your application. It discusses simple ways of tracing and also new tracing technologies which were involved in Windows 10.

Hex 2048 - A Numbers Game - C#2022

by Christ Kennedy

A graphically bouncy and colorful version of the popular numbers tile-sliding game

Using Windbg to Answer Implementation Questions for Yourself (Can a Delegate Invocation be Inlined?)

by Ben M Watson

Learn how to use the debugger to answer implementation questions for yourself

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Tracing and Logging Technologies on Windows. Part 3 - User Mode Handles in the Kernel

by Maxim Kartavenkov

Continue discussion of the simple kernel drivers tracing mechanisms by using output information into the handles of the files pipes and console passed to the driver from the host application.

Tracing and Logging Technologies on Windows. Part 1 - Simple Ways Providing Information for Tracing

by Maxim Kartavenkov

The series of articles covers most aspects of logging and tracing mechanisms which can be embedded into your application. It discusses simple ways of tracing and also new tracing technologies which were involved in Windows 10.

Debugging an Arduino project with GDB on Classic ATtiny and Small ATmega MCUs

by Bernhard Nebel

A tutorial for people who finally want to debug their Arduino projects that run on AVR MCUs using the GNU project debugger GDB

That’s One Small Step for a Man, One Giant Leap for a Debugger: On Single-Stepping and Interrupts

by Bernhard Nebel

Interrupts can confuse one when single-stepping through a program; dw-link mitigates this problem.

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Debugging C# COM assembly in VS2010

26 Jul 2013 by 2006 Flauzer

I'm developing a C# assembly which is to be called via COM from an old vb6 (ie, "native" win32, not .net) application. I've installed VS2010 Premium in a W7 x64 and simply my goal is to use Visual Studio to debug the C# code...Other hint: the C# assembly is compiled in "x86 mode" (.NET4)...

Debugging C# COM assembly in VS2010

29 Jul 2013 by 2006 Flauzer

From menu Debug->"Attach to.." option, please point the correct process ie, dllhost.exe COM Surrogate. and not win32 client....

Debugger disappear after exiting winform application

18 Jun 2017 by abdul subhan mohammed

Dear All, I have create winform application using c#. Where i'm blocking some application(like: mspaint.exe, notepad.exe, etc...) while running this winform-application. I debug and run the application, performmed all task. And exit the application. But, still the application is running under...

Cannot Hit a Breakpoint

17 Mar 2014 by Abhinav S

You have followed all steps right, however these links might just help you -http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y7f5zaaa.aspx[^]Remote debugging for Visual Studio from different domains[^]

How to know which event fires from start of windows form running visual studio 2015

11 Sep 2018 by ahmed_sa

Problem How to know which events fires from start of windows form running like load then textchanged etc.... . I have some variables on load of form . these variables have override to it . but i dont know on which place or event fires after load this windows form is very big coding lines ...

Setting up a postmortem debugger for Windows services

15 Dec 2013 by Allgaeuer

Hello folks,Is it possible to create a full memory dump of a Windows service when it crashes? Obviously, there are the well known postmortem debuggers, which can collect a memory dump of a failing process. But the problem with Windows services is that they are running within the...

Getting info from .NET applications in production environments

22 Dec 2012 by Amit Bezalel

Get simple debug info from a tray icon.

Anti-Debug Time Plugin for OllyDbg

3 Jul 2013 by Apriorit Inc, prepa1

This article describes the implementation of a simple tool to deal with debug blocking based on the function execution time

How to Use a Virtual CPU to Emulate and Analyze Suspicious Code Execution at Runtime

20 Nov 2018 by Apriorit Inc, Artem K.

Find out approaches which you can use to improve runtime algorithms for zero-day threat detection

How do I set up debugging in Visual Studio Code?

27 Oct 2015 by Are Riff

Microsoft Visual Studio CodeI'm new to programming. I've been practicing for over two months now.I just love VS Code, it's fast to launch to start coding.How can I setting it up to compile or debug my code in it?The settings are all confusing.I also have VS 2015 and MinGW (C:\MinGW)...

Different output in debugging and running mode

8 Jan 2014 by astrovirgin

Hi Guys, I am working on a C# windows application. I am facing a wierd problem in my code. I am using a dropdown to get some date. There are two events to change the value, one for ValueSelected and another for ValueChanged. Whenever I run that code while debugging, it show the correct...

“Debug Assertion Failed. Expression: (_osfile(fh) & fopen)” error and Fatal Error in visual studio 2008

8 May 2013 by ayesha hassan

My following code is compiled successfully and runs perfectly for sometime handling 40 clients but after sometime, it gives an error "Debug Assertiion Failed expression: (_osfile(fh) & fopen)".I searched on internet and found a solution:Project + Properties, Configuration properties,...

Using Windbg to Answer Implementation Questions for Yourself (Can a Delegate Invocation be Inlined?)

4 Sep 2014 by Ben M Watson

Learn how to use the debugger to answer implementation questions for yourself

That’s One Small Step for a Man, One Giant Leap for a Debugger: On Single-Stepping and Interrupts

6 Jan 2022 by Bernhard Nebel

Interrupts can confuse one when single-stepping through a program; dw-link mitigates this problem.

Debugging an Arduino project with GDB on Classic ATtiny and Small ATmega MCUs

12 Mar 2022 by Bernhard Nebel

A tutorial for people who finally want to debug their Arduino projects that run on AVR MCUs using the GNU project debugger GDB

Importance of Logging in MySQL

16 Dec 2017 by Biswal Tanmaya

This blog post discusses the importance of logging in MySQL

How do I restore MVC project debugging on Visual Studio 2015?

8 Nov 2015 by Bounze

I have an emergency here: I'm developing a web app using ASP.Net MVC 5 in VS 2015 and all of the sudden I can't run it while debugging; I don't know what has gone wrong.- Using IIS Express v.10- Visual Studio Community 2015; Version 14.0.23107.0 D14REL; Framework 4.6.00081- Windows 7...

How do I restore MVC project debugging on Visual Studio 2015?

8 Nov 2015 by Bounze

Found the solution!!Please protect your screen before reacting to what you're about to read (lol)...So I kept on looking on the Internet for possible solutions (after 3 days of this) and found one suggesting to go and add an exception for DEVENV.exe. I did, but still no dice. So I...

WinDbg U command failed.

1 May 2012 by C++Kernel

Hello,everybod...

Create PDB Files for *.lib Projects in VC6++

7 Sep 2015 by C3D1

Hello,i am using VC6++.I have several *.lib projects in my workspace and some *.exe projects.For the *.exe projects PDB-Files were generated normally (im coming from VC2010 so i am really new to VC6) but when i compile the *.lib projects, no PDB Files are generated.I've checked the...

how to use xdebug in sublime to debug php project

3 Jul 2015 by chenghuichao

First of all, I can debug one page(like index.php page).what if I have a form in php page, and post to index_script.php page, how can I debug the codes in index_script.php.I'm Php beginner (before .NET), I just put the question here. hope someone can help me.thanks in advanced.

microsoft visual studio 2012 has stopped working

21 Feb 2014 by CHill60

Contact Microsoft on their connect for Visual Studio[^] site

How to know which event fires from start of windows form running visual studio 2015

11 Sep 2018 by CHill60

The Microsoft Documentation has an article specifically on the order of events - Order of Events in Windows Forms | Microsoft Docs[^] EDIT after OP comment One way to track the order of events in controls or objects is to log them - you will need to use the IDE to generate the code stub for...

Hex 2048 - A Numbers Game - C#2022

6 Oct 2020 by Christ Kennedy

A graphically bouncy and colorful version of the popular numbers tile-sliding game

GC hang - how to investigate thread that is blocking itself according to debugdiag?

9 Dec 2021 by codefast1993

I have a mixed mode dll (C++/Cli) that is referenced in a C# application. It crashes with the error: name_here.dll has caused an access violation exception(0xC0000005) when trying to read from memory location 0x00000000 on thread 243. What I...

Could I get help debugging. When option 5 is selected it gives an endless list of numbers. And I cant seem to find the error.. Improvements are welcome

22 Aug 2016 by CPallini

After fixing a trivial bug ("\P"->"\tP") and removed the obsolete conio.h header inclusion, I compiled your code with g++ 5.3.1 and ran it successfully.Output sample: ACCOUNT DETAILS----------------------------------------------------A/c no. NAME Type ...

Debugger disappear after exiting winform application

18 Jun 2017 by Dave Kreskowiak

You question doesn't make sense. If the process being debugged terminates, the debugging session also terminates. It didn't "go anywhere" and there is only one reason why "it disappeared", the process being debugged ended. Also, the point behind writing an application that "blocks" other...

How to use remote debugging ?

22 Oct 2018 by Dave Kreskowiak

If you're looking for someone to do your work for you, you've come to the wrong place. You haven't spelled out any problem you're having nor asked a question.

MSDN official page for debug memory values

20 Feb 2018 by den2k88

My Google-fu is failing hard, I was looking throug google and the MSDN search for a page I'm fairly sure I saw some time ago which listed all the debugger magic values for memory initialization, lice 0xCC for stack memory, 0xCD for allocated clean heap memory and so on. What I have tried: I...

Why can't run my app after visual studio update?

26 Jan 2023 by DrgIonuţ

I have updated Visual Studio 2019 from 16.6.1 version to 16.11.23 version. The update operation was finished successfully. When I want to run my MVC project in Debug mode, nothing happens. No error is displayed, the app is not running. What do I...

.exe file won't launch from the Debug folder

29 Oct 2012 by E.F. Nijboer

Make a copy and try some things.First simply:- Delete the Bin and Obj directory before opening the project and then rebuild.If that didn't help, try:- Delete the specific user settings for the project (.suo file in the same folder as the solution)Still nothing? Try this:- Start...

How to Set Debugger to Auto Attach on Process Start

14 Apr 2016 by Eyal Rosner

Easily setting debugger to attach a process on start

debug.launch syntax error

9 Jul 2014 by George Jonsson

1. Addusing namespace System::Diagnostics;2. Spell correctlyDebugger.Launch();

Problems with instruction pointer in Visual Studio 2012 c++

28 Dec 2013 by goddamndmn

I am using Visual Studio 2012, c++ with /clr.When i'm debugging function void foo2(int w, int h), and move instruction pointer in any way, my arguments w and h are reset to zeros!Code:// MyClass.hpublic ref class MyClass{public: foo1(int a, int b); foo2(int w, int...

Why can't run my app after visual studio update?

26 Jan 2023 by Graeme_Grant

You do know that the current version is VS2022 17.4.4? As for why it does not run, there is not enough information supplied. Try closing VS, then manually deleting the OBJ, BIN, and .VS folders. Restart and do a clean build. Check that you have...

break-point will not currently be hit. Invalid file line : nnnn

23 Mar 2013 by gssajith87

Whenever you have a new piece of code added to the existing code that you are debugging, First thing is you should build the Solution once again and continue to debug.In case if you are debugging a exe that is running from a different location than that of your Project Folder, For...

help - debugger not working

25 Apr 2013 by H.Brydon

Make sure that you compile your code with the "Debug" setting which will enable all sorts of things for you.

Force close after running APK in Emulator

12 Jul 2015 by HOoman.2012

hey guys, i'm trying to run my Messenger app in android studio, it's Compilation finishes successfully, but after Emulator Starts the app, it suddenly it shows "Force Close" and terminates the process.can you help me solve this please?07-12 10:12:33.589 ...

Is there a way to inform the tracer process when the tracee process executes a branch instruction?

6 Mar 2018 by HusseinAl-haj

As we know, the ptrace system call is one of the most powerful system calls in unix-like systems. All debugging software use ptrace for monitoring and manipulating another process, i.e. tracee. Using ptrace, we can track read/write system call in the tracee process. I ask, can we use ptrace in...

Overlooked reason for debug step slow-down in Visual-Studio

24 Jan 2013 by Itai Basel

If your VS debgger is running slow and you checked out all other tips with no help - maybe you unchecked this one and forgot to recheck it after you were done.

debug.launch syntax error

9 Jul 2014 by jishnu123

any body please help me to put debugger.launch(); in my dll project (VC++)static bool SampleDbCall (){ debugger.launch(); // syntax error int retValue = ARRF_ADD_ON_RET_FAILURE; ROW record = NULL; int logbuflen = 0; int i = 0; QueryObject *query =...

Problems with instruction pointer in Visual Studio 2012 c++

16 Jan 2014 by KarstenK

your problem is the "scope" of the variables, because you have bad (and too short) names. You have the w and h NOT ONLY as class members, but also as function parameters.There is a "hungarian notation", where every class member gets a "m_" and type ("i" for int) prefix:int m_iw;int...

Multiple projects in one solution : generate a single exe, not dependent on .dlls

16 Dec 2014 by Kinna-10626331

Hello I have 3 projects in one solution ( 2 WPF projects and one C# empty Project theme).Also they have references to different .dlls .My problem is : 2 executables ( from one of the 2 WPF projects ) and multiple .dlls are been generated in the bin/debug and bin/release directories. Looks...

Your experiences with diagnosing C++ applications?

27 Jan 2016 by Konstantin A. Magg

I am working on an article about diagnosing errors and analysing behavior of larger native C++ applications. The scenario would roughly look like this:Application runs stable for hours or days in production-like environment.Software consists of several processes, mostly native C++. Some...

Visual studio 2015 enterprise debugging multiple solutions

30 Mar 2018 by krishna Dev

Hi, I have two solutions lets say SolutionA and SolutionB. Here SolutionB has class library which is referred in SolutionA. Now I want to step-in through the SolutionB from SolutionA while debugging it. Please assist. Many Thanks What I have tried: I tried this, sort of working but not...

How do I set up debugging in Visual Studio Code?

27 Oct 2015 by Krunal Rohit

Umm, possible solution could beDebugging in Visual Studio[^]Navigating through Code with the Debugger[^]Mastering Debugging in Visual Studio 2010 - A Beginner's Guide[^]Basic Debugging with Visual Studio[^]-KR

Cannot Hit a Breakpoint

17 Mar 2014 by Kucera Jan

Hi,please help me with the following problem. I want to debug a process in a remote system. The process loads DLLs and I want to hit a breakpoint in one of them. I compiled this DLL and placed it into that system. Then I connected remotely to the system by the debugger. But VS2010 shows...

Debug Stored Procedures in Visual Studio and SSMS

18 Feb 2016 by Kuv Patel

Debug stored procedures in Visual Studio and SQL Server Management Studio.

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How do I 'unhide' #define'd variables in VS debugger?

14 Jun 2020 by Kyudos

I have some third party Win32 code that uses lots of big structures. Throughout the code, the elements of these structures are referred to via #define variables a la: #define hFrmWnd (w->hFrmWndW) This effectively hides them from the...

Windows Phone Submission Failure - 256 MB Devices

9 Jun 2012 by larssy1

Dear fellow developers, At the msdn page the psupport gave me, there is described that the maximum used memory for a 256-MB device is 90 MB (94371840).Now I have been testing this at several places when launching the app, and it turned out that the used memory for my application is: 59...

Create PDB Files for *.lib Projects in VC6++

7 Sep 2015 by Leo Chapiro

Go to Project Settings, Link. Select the Category: "General" and check the "Generate Debug Info" box. After that, you can select the Category "Debug" and change settings about the debug file.Take a look as well at /PDB (Use Program Database) Visual Studio 6.0[^]

help - debugger not working

25 Apr 2013 by liona

So I have just gotten VS2010 and the debugger doesn't want to stop at the most basic break point. for instance I fill a data set and the next line of code sets an integer to the the count of the rows in the dataset. I have setup two break points one before the ds fill and on on the integer row...

How to use remote debugging ?

22 Oct 2018 by MadMyche

The glaring problem with the immediate task screams "Homework".

Design Event Viewer for project

25 Nov 2013 by Mahyar Fayaz

Hi to alli want design event viewer for my projecti expect these event viewer make a a report of any bug or some warning problem in my projectand send each report to our serversomething like a event viewer in xp or 7 OS .please help me to design this event viewerin step 1: i...

Fn address not getting available

14 Dec 2012 by Marshall Singh

Hey all,I am new to windbg.my intention is to debug my demo application (windows forms) and try to corrupt a specific function in the memory.i am attaching my app to windbg;fetching the address of a function (some button click, through x command) and putting an unresolved breakpoint...

Fn address not getting available

19 Dec 2012 by Marshall Singh

i tried sosex dll. !mbm command worked for me. i was able to place an unresolved bp and hit it wen the module was loaded.

Tracing and Logging Technologies on Windows. Part 3 - User Mode Handles in the Kernel

5 Jul 2023 by Maxim Kartavenkov

Continue discussion of the simple kernel drivers tracing mechanisms by using output information into the handles of the files pipes and console passed to the driver from the host application.

Tracing and Logging Technologies on Windows. Part 1 - Simple Ways Providing Information for Tracing

18 May 2023 by Maxim Kartavenkov

The series of articles covers most aspects of logging and tracing mechanisms which can be embedded into your application. It discusses simple ways of tracing and also new tracing technologies which were involved in Windows 10.

How to use remote debugging ?

26 Oct 2018 by Member 10546337

I am working in printer windows device driver code . Source code using microsoft cmd prompt to build which is windows sdk to build . I tried to debug the code using remote debugger . Breakpoint is not hitting . What I have tried: I tried to follow...

How Do I Get To Display This?

24 Jan 2014 by Member 10548351

ABBCCCDDDD...ZZZZZZZ...

[C++] how to write simple debugger

12 Dec 2016 by Member 10852608

i want to set hardware breakpoint to address in the memory without using CreateProcess functionWhat I have tried:ps : this code work finebool dwResult; STARTUPINFO sinfo; DEBUG_EVENT DebugEvent; memset(&sinfo, 0, sizeof(sinfo)); dwResult = CreateProcess("MainWindow.exe",...

WebBrowser control Printing wrong data

7 Jan 2015 by Member 11360325

This is my problem, i have application that updates form data and prints after updating, problem is most of the time it works fine, i use webBrowser Control for printing because it print as html document, one function updates data second function filter according to last entered number and fill...

WebBrowserControl

Could I get help debugging. When option 5 is selected it gives an endless list of numbers. And I cant seem to find the error.. Improvements are welcome

22 Aug 2016 by Member 12697792

#include#include

Installl arduino debugger

26 Feb 2019 by Member 13697182

Hi ! I can't install (or use) Arduino debugger. So, below the complete steps I followed What I have tried: Step 0: OK : Creating Arduino program in Eclipse. I can write, download, and run Arduino program (sketch). Step 1: Done : setting up Eclipse IDE, adding GDB hardware debugging Step 2:...

Not able to set gdb correctly in netbeans though following instructions properly

24 Sep 2018 by Member 13995616

I am trying to set gdb so that I can debug C/C++ programs in Netbeans. I have MacOSX 10.13.6. I have followed exactly the same steps given in : First I created a certificate named gdb-cert and imported it in the System Keychain, then finally restarted the system, etc. debugging - Netbeans...

WPF Chart - 2 Charts Problem DEBUG,RELEASE

23 Nov 2012 by Member 9625106

Hello, in my application I got 2 Charts that are loaded by a DataContext.The problem is that i got differences between DEBUG and RELEASE.During the DEBUG (with SharpDevelop) the 1st one is working fine and the 2nd one working not really good (old values remains on the graph).During the...

Step-thru stored procedure ends prematurely in Visual Studio

26 Jun 2014 by Member 9821707

I am able to step into a stored procedure from my C# just fine, however, the step thru ends prematurely.From Visual Studio, I step thru a few lines in the stored procedure, then as if the connection timesout, execution leaves the stored procedure and returns back to the C# code without...

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MSDN official page for debug memory values

20 Feb 2018 by Mike Diack

Try Inside CRT: Debug Heap Management[^] But from my own notes also: This is a list of some of the know magic numbers used by Microsoft which can be useful to know when debugging an application. 0xABABABAB Guard Bytes used by HeapAlloc() or LocalAlloc to mark "no man’s land" after allocated...

.exe file won't launch from the Debug folder

29 Oct 2012 by MitchG92_24

Hi all,I've had a look around the web but haven't been able to find the right answer - and due to my limited C# assembly knowledge, I turn to you!I have a WPF application that I have been running quite happily until today.When I run the program in the debugger it will run perfectly,...

Is there anyway to halt/stop running of 'vshost.exe' when a project is opened from Visual Studio?

7 Nov 2017 by Mohammed Hameed

When we open a project/solution in Visual studio, the project's vshost.exe file will be executed and launched in memory automatically (I think this is done by Visual studio) and this process (vshost.exe) will be in running state till we close the solution from VS.I know that this process has...

microsoft visual studio 2012 has stopped working

21 Feb 2014 by Muhamad Faizan Khan

my vs 2012 working fine but suddenly now an error is occurring thatmicrosoft visual studio 2012 has stopped workinga problem caused the program to stop working correctly windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available[debug] [close program]now what the hack is...

Macro to attach debugger to correct w3wp process.

16 Feb 2013 by Nitin_Garg

Macro to attach visual studio debugger to w3wp apppool hosting your webservice.

How do I find a memory address programmatically...?

8 Mar 2015 by OriginalGriff

In C# you almost never deal with memory addresses - in fact, you have to do two things at compile time in order to be allowed anywhere near them! First, you have to change your project properties to allow unsafe code, and then you have to mark the relevant code as an unsafe block in order to use...

Secure Remote Debugging

4 Dec 2020 by PachisiaVikas

Know the steps to quickly set up a secure remote debugging environment and boost your productivity

Your experiences with diagnosing C++ applications?

27 Jan 2016 by Patrice T

Quote:What do you think, what are your experiences? Did I miss an important concept or approach? Do you have special tool recommendations (or aversions ^^)?My experience is:When I deal with C or C++, I have a special behavior at quotation level.If I am requested to build an app, I do normal...

[C++] how to write simple debugger

12 Dec 2016 by Patrice T

Quote:how to write simple debuggerWriting a debugger is anything but simple.Quote:i want to set hardware breakpoint to address in the memoryModern OS are pretty complicated and the handling of memory is pretty complex.I recommend to use existing debuggers, the one of your IDE is a good...

visual studio debug option is not workign properly

9 Apr 2014 by ravikhoda

HI all,i have a weird problem in visual studio. i open a solution web application apply some code change on one of the web pages and run the project. it allows to add breakpoints but the new lines that i have added do not highlight with normal yellow color like it should happen. and also the...

Visual studio freezes when encounters exception while remote-debugging

3 Sep 2022 by reverser69

hi I'm writing a C++ app for Linux in windows environment. I can debug fine, but when an exception occurs or when stepping the last line of main function, VS freezes. to make the VS responsive again, I kill its connection. now, I don't know if...

How to handle access violation in strlen.asm while remote debugging ?

19 Sep 2019 by ribash1816

Firstly, I am very new to c++. Pardon my lack of knowledge. This is a work project. We're running VS 2005 to develop in one machine and Remote Debugger to Debug the application(.exe) in another machine (both of of the machine do not have any internet connections). The application builds just...

Doubt: How to customise Debug options in codeblock C++ and what things to take into account when debugging

25 Jun 2013 by Richard MacCutchan

See http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/[^].

How Do I Get To Display This?

25 Jan 2014 by Richard MacCutchan

You need to think about this in logical terms, rather than in assembler terms. Each letter should be repeated according to its position in the alphabet. So the program should be something like:Set letter := 'A'Set count := 1Loop: Set repeat := 0 Print: Display letter...

microsoft visual studio 2012 has stopped working

21 Feb 2014 by Richard MacCutchan

Collect all the detailed information and report it to Microsoft; it's their product.

Visual studio 2015 enterprise debugging multiple solutions

28 Mar 2018 by Richard MacCutchan

You only need a single instance of the debugger to do this. Start debugging the executable project, and when it makes a call to the class library use the "step into" button (or F11), to follow the path through the library code.

Installl arduino debugger

26 Feb 2019 by Richard MacCutchan

Try the Arduino IDE: Arduino - Software[^]

How to handle access violation in strlen.asm while remote debugging ?

19 Sep 2019 by Richard MacCutchan

You will need to trap the exception in the debugger and look at the call stack, in order to find where in your code the error is generated. Always remember that just because the application build without errors does not mean it is error free.

How do I debug an MFC extension DLL?

28 Sep 2017 by Rick York

You have to supply them a debug version of your executable because MFC can't mix debug and release mode modules. You don't have to supply them your source code though and I am not sure whether you have to supply them a symbol file, the .pdb. They have to make a debug build and specify command,...

Is there anyway to halt/stop running of 'vshost.exe' when a project is opened from Visual Studio?

10 Jun 2013 by Rob Philpott

You can turn it off. Go to your project settings and uncheck the 'Enable the Visual Studio hosting service' on the debug tab.

How do I find a memory address programmatically...?

8 Mar 2015 by Roland-HE-C#

Hi Everyone!I have a problem with a memory address.I know that the memory addresses always change if the softwares close and open.The problem is the memory address will be different when I close the target application and open another times.How do I accomplish that my program always...

Create PDB Files for *.lib Projects in VC6++

7 Sep 2015 by Santhosh G_

If you use /Z7, the debug info will be embedded into the .obj file, and then embedded into the .lib. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/958x11bc.aspx

Mdbg watch-trace Extension

27 Feb 2012 by Sebastian Solnica

I wrote a simple extension for the MDbg debugger that adds a watch-trace (wt) command to its shell, allowing you to display and customize the method call trees. In this post, I’m going to show you how this extension was built and how it can be used.

Injecting Code into .NET Applications

29 Dec 2013 by Sebastian Solnica

In this post, I will present you my MDbg plugin (includes a command: inject) that adopts the funceval API and an example diagnostics case in which I used it.

NetExt – SOS on Steroids

10 Jul 2015 by Sebastian Solnica

NetExt – SOS on Steroids

Debugging C# COM assembly in VS2010

26 Jul 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

You can do what you tried to do, it works. Probably, you did not show some detail where you screw up this method of debugging.But it can be much simpler. 1) Load the solution with your assembly with Visual Studio. 2) Make your assembly project a startup project ("Set a StartUp Project" in...

Cannot Hit a Breakpoint

17 Mar 2014 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

This is not about the presence of your DLL module itself. You need to create and enable debug information (in particular, PDB, please see below), which may require rebuild of you module with different (debug) options. You can learn Visual C++ documentation on debug information and appropriate...

How do I find a memory address programmatically...?

9 Mar 2015 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

You are talking about managed memory. Let me tell you that the problem itself is not correctly posed. "Managed addresses" are not just something which is tricky to work with, never needed, or like that. The thing is: in certain sense, they don't even exist. The mapping between process linear...

How do I debug an MFC extension DLL?

28 Sep 2017 by SheepSpeech

Hi, I'm creating an application using C++ and MFC. My app loads several MFC extension DLL from its "Plugins" folder during execution, and the user can choose which one he wants to launch in a list. However, if someone wants to make a MFC extension DLL for my app, and only have the executable...

visual studio debug option is not workign properly

9 Apr 2014 by Sriram Bala

Hi Ravi,Step 1: Check you are building the project in Debug mode.Step 2: Delete the bin & obj folder and rebuild the project. Step 3: Press ctrl+f5 to clear the cache in the browser page. Setp 4: .pdb file gets generated on build which is the one help us debugging.Step 5: In the...

How we get the last successfully executed statement in Visual C++?

2 Dec 2013 by Stefan_Lang

You can set a "data breakpoint" after you started a debugging session. To declare a data breakpoint, set a normal breakpoint somewhere in the part of your code that can see the variable or data address in question, some time before the problem occurs. Start the debugger and wait for it to break...

window service JIT error on stopping

11 Dec 2012 by Tarun Batra

I am getting an error in mine window service that i made in VS2010 using VC++when service is stopped i am getting an error "An unhandled win32 exception occurred in myservice.exe[1260].Just in time debugger failed with following error:No installed debugger has just in time debugging...