Hi,
I would like to know what is the best way to debug a DLL in Microsoft Visual C. I am thinking to prompt debug message box or write to the error log file but I think it is not so convenient. I also plan to use the debugger API from WIN32, but I do not know whether there are any better way.
Regards.
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Do you have a client that uses your dll ?
If so then if the client is a exe file then you use your dll project as normal and run the debugger. When the debugger ask in what debug mode you want to run you choose a module to run (your exe). Browse for your exe file and now you dll file is included in the debugger.
Hope it works for you.
/Andla
Another way would be, as Andla mentioned,
Load your Client Application to Visual Studio.
Take project settings Alt-F7
Goto Debug Tab
Click on Category and chose Additional DLL's.
Browse the files and choose your DLL.
Click OK.
You're all set.
Whe you run the Client, MSDEV will automatically load your DLL. You need to copy the symbols to the same dir as the client, so that you can put a break point inside the DLL code.
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by: robpittPosted on 2001-04-03 at 07:58:28ID: 5982891
Is running it through the normal MSVC debugger not viable?
If not then yes I guess you'll have to resort to tricks such as logfiles and message boxes.
You might want to have these be conditional on some external setting (e.g. a registry setting).
Rob