Hello,

I post this message in desperation. Not stopping at breakpoints while
debugging is a very common problem with my use of VS.NET 2003 and I'm
hoping someone can shed some light.

I am using:
-- Visual Studio.NET 2003 version 7.1.3088
-- Windows XP Pro, with Service Pack 2, version 5.12600  build 2600
-- Coding in C#

I am already sure that:
-- I am running in Debug mode
-- Generation Debugging Information is true for all projects
-- the DEBUG preprocessor constant is defined
-- The breakpoint is enabled
-- The breakpoint should be traversed (ie that section of code really
is executed)
-- the pdb file for the assembly is present in the same directory as
the assembly and exactly corresponds to that version of the assembly.
-- The Modules window shows the assembly is loaded and with symbols.

Also:
-- I have cleared the VS cache under <username>/local
settings/application data/assembly
-- I've completely wiped my local copy of the project and re-obtained
it from source control
-- and even more, this computer was recently formatted and reinstalled
with a fresh copy of Windows and VS.NET

And finally :) :
-- It appears to be totally random. My solution contains a mixture of
native and .NET projects. I can get it to stop at breakpoints in
certain projects just fine. If I attempt to start debugging from a
project that is wokring ok and attempt to step into the problem
project, I get a "No source code is available at this location" error.
-- Coworkers working on the same project have no problem debugging on
their machines.

I have this problem all the time. And the solution almost always seems
to be completely random. Sometimes rebooting my machine does it.
Sometimes relaunching VS. Sometimes switching over to release and back
to debug mode. But no solution ever seems to work reliably. It's
driving me crazy and really making me wish I had a job coding in Java

Thanks for any ideas,
Matt