Re: [GD-Windows] Debugging multiple apps

[Chris C. <can...@gm...>]

VS.NET 2003 I know has facilities to enable multi-process COM
debugging. So when your primary process calls a COM call that causes a
second process to be created, VS is quite happy to attach and debug
the second process, allowing you to step into COM calls as if they
were local functions. I never tinkered with it to see about
auto-attaching to running processes, but Alen's right about the JIT
debugging happily offering up the running VS instance, even if its
already debugging a different app.

ChrisC
Black Company Studios

On 19/08/06, Alen Ladavac <ale...@cr...> wrote:
> Hi Brett,
>
>
> Using "_asm int 3 ;" is even easier. It will ask you to do JIT
> debugging (if this is configured properly), so no need to manually go
> and attach to the process. And you can reuse the same devstudio
> instance. Didn't use this often, but the little I did, it worked ok.
>
> HTH,
> Alen
>
> Brett wrote:
>
> > I'm glad to hear this is a valid technique! I resorted to a MessageBox as
> > the first line so I can attach the process before continuing.
>
> > But surely there's a way to do this properly? The doc goes on and on about
> > how great solution files are because each project and the dependencies are
> > known and so multi-language, multi-project debugging "is a breeze"....
>
> > I want to feel the wind in my hair!
>
> > Brett
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chris Jones" <cj...@ob...>
> > To: "Game Development for MS Windows"
> > <gam...@li...>
> > Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 3:31 AM
> > Subject: Re: [GD-Windows] Debugging multiple apps
>
>
> >> One way I've dealt with stuff like this in the past is to put a simple
> >> loop like this as the first thing in your WinMain:
> >>
> >>    bool wait = true;
> >>    while (wait);
> >>
> >> Once the process is launched, just attach to it with the debugger and
> >> break.  Set wait to false and start stepping.
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: gam...@li...
> >>> [mailto:gam...@li...]
> >>> On Behalf Of Research
> >>> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 12:28 AM
> >>> To: Gam...@li...
> >>> Subject: [GD-Windows] Debugging multiple apps
> >>>
> >>> I cannot figure out how to debug multiple apps in Visual
> >>> Studio, and I can't seem to find the right google words to
> >>> find this either.
> >>>
> >>> I'm have one application that launches another with
> >>> ShellExecute. They are both in the same solution. I put
> >>> breakpoints on the WinMain of the launched app and it never
> >>> gets called.
> >>>
> >>> I know how to attach to something already running, but I need
> >>> to trap the app on entry. So I want to step on the
> >>> ShellExecute and have the other app start and immediately break.
> >>>
> >>> Is this possible in Visual Studio?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Brett
> >>>
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