debugging shared add-in

Question

Hi,

 

I have developed a shared add-in in Visual Studio 2010. Previously the project is targeted for .Net Framework 4.0. After a while, the debugging is not working. I found that this will be fixed by installing the add-in using Setup project provided by Visual Studio.

Now, I have changed the target framework of my shared add-in's project to .Net Framework 2.0. Again, the debugging is not working. I installed the shared add-in many times and verified the registry keys and it is found that everything is fine. But the debugging is not working.

After a while, I have changed the target .Net Framework to 4.0 and now debugging is working fine now.

I want to know that, is there any issue with .Net Framework 2.0 in debugging the code of a shared add-in?

 

Thanks in advance,

Surya.

Answer 1

If you have installed SP1 to VS 2010, yes, there is an issue that I have reported to Microsoft Connect and it is currently under investigation:

VS 2010 SP1 breaks add-in debugging targetting .NET Framework 2.0 rather than .NET Framework
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/650694/vs-2010-sp1-breaks-add-in-debugging-targetting-net-framework-2-0-rather-than-net-framework-4-0#details

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Answer 2

Hi Carlos,

Thanks for your answer.

SP1 is not installed to VS 2010 on my computer. But still the debugging is not working for target framework 2.0.

Thanks,

Surya

Answer 3

Hi Surya,

 

Thanks for your post.

As far as I know, shared addin is not used in Visual Studio,

which program do you expect to develop the addin for?

If it is excel or something, I suggest to post another thread at the matched forum as

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exceldev/threads

Hope you can get more information there.

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Answer 4

Hi Victor_Chen,

I am developing the add-in for Word application. I need a common add-in that runs both on Word 2003 and Word 2007.

As the Shared add-in type of project is under "Extensibility" template of Visual Studio 2010, I have posted here.

 

Thanks,

Surya

 

Answer 5

Hello,

Even if the problem is not caused by SP1 of Visual Studio (then it is a different cause with the same effect), can you try the trick explained here:

http://blog.tabsstudio.com/2011/03/16/debugging-add-ins-for-tabs-studio-in-vs-2010-sp1/

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