Howto : Add-In / controling CLR-Debugger

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Rainer Queck - 06 Jul 2005 07:34 GMT

Hi,

is there a way to build add-ins to the CLR-Debugger?
If yes, are there tutorials on how to do that?

Is there a way to control CLR-Debugger from outside (remoting), and if yes,
are there any tutorials on that subject available?

I would like to start CLR-Debugger from within a application, and assign the
.exe and .cs to load.

Regards
Rainer

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Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP] - 06 Jul 2005 11:20 GMT

I am not sure but some tips:

- You can create an instance of devenv.exe programatically using objDTE =
CreateObject("VisualStudio.DTE"). If you find the ProgID of the CLR-Debugger
(if any), you could control it.

- The DTE object has a Debugger property that you could use to attach and
debug a process, just in case you have to use the VS.NET debugger instead of
the CLR-Debugger.

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Rainer Queck - 06 Jul 2005 11:52 GMT

Hi Carlos,

thanks for answering.
I am not using VS, I am working with SharpDevelop and there I can not find a
objDTE.
Is DTE common to the framework, or is it something exclusive for VS ?

Regards
Rainer

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Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP] - 06 Jul 2005 13:16 GMT

DTE is provided by VS.NET (EnvDTE.dll assembly) and it can be used to
control the VS.NET IDE and the Macros IDE. However, the CLR Debugger seems
quite similar to those IDEs (Solution Explorer, etc), so it could be that it
exposes a ProgID that you can use (although I haven´t found it).

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