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Title: Debugger for VC++ Express 2008+Codeblocks 10.5?
Post by: HeiSF on March 01, 2011, 02:27:38 am

Hi,

I am trying to debug with codeblocks on Win7 32bit machine.

Codeblocks builds and runs my application with VC++ Express 2008 correctly.

However, I am not able to run the debugger.

When I run the debugger, it says, "The debugger executable is not set", and I did follow this post:
http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php?topic=8454.0

to include the Debug Tool folder in the additional path in Tool Chain tab.

But it still gives me the same error.

Anyone could provide a step-by-step instruction?

Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Debugger for VC++ Express 2008+Codeblocks 10.5?
Post by: oBFusCATed on March 01, 2011, 08:24:57 am

1. Install debugger's branch nightly, there were major improvements to the CDB handling.
2. Check if CDB.exe can be found at the place you've added to the additional paths

Title: Re: Debugger for VC++ Express 2008+Codeblocks 10.5?
Post by: cacb on March 01, 2011, 09:57:38 am

Quote from: oBFusCATed on March 01, 2011, 08:24:57 am

1. Install debugger's branch nightly, there were major improvements to the CDB handling.
2. Check if CDB.exe can be found at the place you've added to the additional paths

Interesting. I am using VC2008 compiler as well. Does your statement above mean that we are/will be able to use integrated (in C::B) debugging of code compiled with the VC2008 express or full version compiler?

So far I am editing/building in C::B but debugging via the VC 2008 IDE by installing it as a "Tool" in C::B

Code

Name: VC Debug
Executable: $(#VCIDE)\devenv.exe
Parameters: /edit  ${ACTIVE_EDITOR_FILENAME}  /debugexe ${TARGET_OUTPUT_FILE} 
Working directory: ${PROJECT_DIR}

check "Launch tool visible detached"

The above is for the full version of VC2008, but it is quite similar for the Express version that I use on another machine (actually the Express version works a little better than the full version in this respect). The VCIDE mentioned above is a global variable defined as

Code

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE

This system works reasonably well, but if integrated debugging works with MS compilers I would be happy!

Title: Re: Debugger for VC++ Express 2008+Codeblocks 10.5?
Post by: oBFusCATed on March 01, 2011, 10:29:38 am

Don't expect miracles, CDB is not mean for integration, so the support is pretty basic (and probably pretty unreliable).

Breakpoints, simple watches should work...

Title: Re: Debugger for VC++ Express 2008+Codeblocks 10.5?
Post by: nnemo on May 26, 2011, 10:57:08 pm

Quote from: cacb on March 01, 2011, 09:57:38 am

So far I am editing/building in C::B but debugging via the VC 2008 IDE by installing it as a "Tool" in C::B

Code

Name: VC Debug
Executable: $(#VCIDE)\devenv.exe
Parameters: /edit  ${ACTIVE_EDITOR_FILENAME}  /debugexe ${TARGET_OUTPUT_FILE} 
Working directory: ${PROJECT_DIR}

check "Launch tool visible detached"

I've used MSVS a similar way. The only difference is that I was using an predefined MSVS command's alias (Debug.StepInto) for stopping execution automatically at the entry point and without presetting the any break points before debugging.

My tool's configuration is...

Code

Name: MSVS10_as_debugger
Executable: <MSVS install directory>\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
Parameters: /command t "${PROJECT_DIR}$(TARGET_OUTPUT_FILE)" (quotes are required in my case because the configuration name contains a spaces)
Working directory: ${PROJECT_DIR}${TARGET_OUTPUT_DIR}