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[GD-Windows] shortcut to disasm

[Dan T. <da...@ar...>]

Anyone know if there are any tools to take the current cursor location 
in an IDE, like, say, VS, and have it show the disasm of the compiled 
binary at that point /without/ running the exe?

It seems like it should be quite possible, and I really hate either 
having to turn on asm listing and hunting through the file, or doing a 
run-to-cursor and alt-8. In theory can't the ide just bust open the 
target exe and disasm it with symbols?

-Dan

Re: [GD-Windows] shortcut to disasm

[Jon W. <hp...@mi...>]

When I need that, I use objdump (from GNU bintools) although dumpbin 
would probably do it too. It can take a symbol name to disassemble, but 
you have to match up the disassembly with the specific source line yourself.

Cheers,

		/ h+


Dan Thompson wrote:
> Anyone know if there are any tools to take the current cursor location 
> in an IDE, like, say, VS, and have it show the disasm of the compiled 
> binary at that point /without/ running the exe?


-- 
-- The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Re: [GD-Windows] shortcut to disasm

[Mick W. <de...@mi...>]

Dan Thompson wrote:
> Anyone know if there are any tools to take the current cursor location 
> in an IDE, like, say, VS, and have it show the disasm of the compiled 
> binary at that point /without/ running the exe?
>
> It seems like it should be quite possible, and I really hate either 
> having to turn on asm listing and hunting through the file, or doing a 
> run-to-cursor and alt-8. In theory can't the ide just bust open the 
> target exe and disasm it with symbols?
>
> -Dan
>

In Visual C++ 2005, you can do:

F11     (Debug/Step Into)
Ctrl+-  (Navigate backwards)
Go to Disassembly

While that does load the exe, it does not run it, and the Ctrl+- will 
take you to wherever the cursor was before you hit F11


Mick