Debugging into .NET CLR sources from within the RAD Studio 2007 IDE

• Product Name: CodeGear RAD Studio 2007
• Product Component: Debugger
• Platform/OS Version: Supported platforms
• Personality: C# or Delphi.NET personalities only

Description :

This article shows how to debug into .NET CLR sources from within the RAD Studio 2007 IDE.

Resolution :

1. Get NetMassDownloader from http://www.codeplex.com/NetMassDownloader and install it. (You'll need .NET 3.5 as well as .NET 2.0 installed)
2. Place GetPDB.cmd (CodeCentral entry: 25451 ) into the directory where NetMassDownloader is located.
3. Configure by hand, various options in GetPDB.cmd, specifically,
   1. where you want the source to be placed (DESTDIR)
   2. Which DLL's PDBs you want to retrieve? (DLLs)
   3. The CLR v2 directory (CLRDIR)
   4. The output file name containing the paths (OutputFile), by default, PATHS.TXT goes to DESTDIR
4. Run GetPDB from the NetMassDownloader directory.
5. After it finishes, PATHS.TXT is generated, and you can copy the entire contents, and paste it into Tools, Options, Debugger Options, CodeGear Debuggers, Debug Source Path.

   Then, place the value of DESTDIR into Tools, Options, Debugger Options, CodeGear Debuggers, Debug symbols search path.

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Now, you can debug from any Delphi.NET or C# app all the way into the CLR source itself.

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Author: Chee Wee Chua