SDK Package: wanting to subscribe to the c# debugger onBreakPointHit event

Question

Hi,

I am trying to work out how to get my vspackage to subscribe to an event that is triggered when the debugger has hit a break point. I am having issue with researching this as most material seems to assume you are making your own debugger. I am trying to create a new visualization for the stack trace window for C# written in C#. I gather i need to interact with the session debug manager?

I also gather I have to use Package.GetService(Type t) method to obtain a relevant service, but which one?

I am using VS2008

Thanks,
Richard

Answer 1

Hi Richard,

As far as I know, you could use DebuggerEvents object to achieve this, the OnEnterBreakMode Event will be fired when entering  break mode. For more information, see DebuggerEvents Object Properties, Methods, and Events.

If I misunderstand you, or you have any problem, please feel free to tell me.

Hope this helps,
Nancy

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Answer 2

Thanks for the reply, The information you have provide has been very helpful however I cannot get the event to behave as expected.

I have subscribed to the following event:

dte.Events.DebuggerEvents.OnEnterBreakMode += DebuggerEvents_OnEnterBreakMode;

but the event is never invoked. Do I need to do anything (in terms of code) in  order to attach to it?

Answer 3

Hi Richard,

As far as I know, your expression is right, it's not necessary to add some special to do it. There is a example with C# language in MSDN, I would suggest you  refer to this example in following link:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/envdte.debuggereventsclass.onenterbreakmode(VS.80).aspx

Good luck!
Nancy

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Answer 4

Hi Nancy,

The example that you have linked to would appear to be for an Addin type project. I am making a VSPackage type project. I believe this is why the event is not being fired.

I think this link might address the issue, I am now having: http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vsx/thread/1b370261-64d6-44b8-b71d-27c76fb0f706 . That link suggests that the garbage collector will collect the event if it is not associated with the vspackage object. I was using the getservice() from outside of the vspackage object so this could be the culprit.

Thanks for your help :D

Answer 5

This issue was resolved by making the debuggerevents object a classwide variable in the plugin class