How to debug the VS 2008 Shell isolated Application ?

Question

 

Hi,

I have created VS 2008 Shell Isolated Application and added one custom editor package in to that. Here I am not sure how to debug that application. Thanks for your help !

 

Raghu

Answer 1

 

How did you add your custom editor package?  If you added it as a project, you should just be able to hit F5 in your VS instance and set breakpoints in your package.

 

Is that not working for you?

 

Answer 2

Actually, that doesn't work for me either, and I added my packages as new projects. 

I build the project, run the myShell.exe and under debugging select attach to process and select the running executable.

Answer 3

Are your packages loaded when the shell is launched?

I'm wondering if your dependencies are set correctly in your shell project.

 

Answer 4

It appears that my packages are loaded correctly when I just hit the play button inside studio (if I make changes they appear immediately).  Also the Shell Dependancies are setup correctly for my packages (at least it appears so in the dialog).

Everything seems to work fine except I can't debug without launching and attaching explicitly.

Answer 5

sorry if this is a silly question but are you building a debug flavor of your project?

Answer 6

Yes I am.  I believe all the settings are still on the defaults also.

Answer 7

Try this:

 

- Right click on your shell stub project and select properties

- Select the Configuration Properties / Debugging option

- Change debugger type to "mixed"

 

I just tried it out with a custom package created in the isolated shell and it worked.

 

Answer 8

It works great, thanks a bunch!