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Re: Veteran VS2008 users here? Ever lost your debug functions?

9-Jan-20 1:59

Yes, I know VS2008 is old, but I have to use it for a development project.

Anyway, a couple of weeks ago, I installed some software from Intel that broke my VS2008. Nothing would compile, I could not set breakpoints, etc. Using a clean Windows 10 VM, I re-installed VS2008, SP1 and an ATL update required for WEC7 development. I can compile and set breakpoints again. Joy. Now it gets a little weird. The step over (F10) and step into (F11) functions refuse to work. They are being treated as the go (F5) commands, making it just about impossible to get anything done. Note that even the menu debug commands behave this way.

Now it gets a little weird now - it seems to be project/solution related. If I debug project A the functions work, debug Project B (the one I really need to work on) they don't.

So a clean re-install did not fix this, a reset to all settings didn't fix it, deleting .suo, etc files didn't fix it... maddening OMG | :OMG:

Thoughts? Ever run into this?

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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan9-Jan-20 22:28

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

9-Jan-20 22:28

Perhaps some project-specific configurations are overriding the behavior?

Check this thread, asp.net - 'Step Into' not working in Visual Studio? - Stack Overflow

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Re: Veteran VS2008 users here? Ever lost your debug functions?

charlieg10-Jan-20 3:51

Re: Veteran VS2008 users here? Ever lost your debug functions?

10-Jan-20 3:51

You would think, but depending on machine / project the behavior varies.

phil.o9-Jan-20 22:46

phil.o

9-Jan-20 22:46

It's a long shot, but if the issue is project-specific, then you can try to delete the .suo file from the project directory and re-open the project.

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Re: Veteran VS2008 users here? Ever lost your debug functions?

charlieg10-Jan-20 3:53

Re: Veteran VS2008 users here? Ever lost your debug functions?

10-Jan-20 3:53

This is a common suggestion - I've done it several times on multiple projects with no success.

The part that I don't get is that the actual menu functions don't work, implying some sort of corruption in VS2008 - *but* that makes no sense since one project will work and the other won't. It should be corrupt for both.

_Flaviu9-Jan-20 23:19

Re: Veteran VS2008 users here? Ever lost your debug functions?

9-Jan-20 23:19

Another approach is to create a VS2008 valid project and to import all your files from the old one. Then you will have your app settings fresh new. I know, is a little work to do, but I am sure will solve your issue.

modified 10-Jan-20 5:46am.

charlieg10-Jan-20 3:58

Re: Veteran VS2008 users here? Ever lost your debug functions?

10-Jan-20 3:58

Good suggestion, but I cannot even get a simple Yellow World dialog app to debug properly.

Maddening.

Thanks for the suggestions

charlieg10-Jan-20 4:15

Re: Veteran VS2008 users here? Ever lost your debug functions?

10-Jan-20 4:15

Well, I may have isolated the issue a little closer - the behavior changes depending on what SDK I select - I have multiple embedded CE projects.

charlieg21-Jan-20 11:53

21-Jan-20 11:53

In case someone runs into this in the future - Microsoft has released an update for SP1 for VS2008 Professional that addresses the problem I was having. I really think I applied it one time before, but maybe I got things out of sequence. Anyway, it's KB2483802, link: Download Visual Studio 2008 update for Windows Embedded Compact 7 from Official Microsoft Download Center[^]

srandom and random

_Flaviu9-Jan-20 0:44

9-Jan-20 0:44

Sorry to get more and more questions here, but with your support I am solving issues one by one Smile | :)

I got 2 errors:

C++

error C3861: 'srandom': identifier not found
error C3861: 'random': identifier not found

the problem is I don't know how to replace them with Windows versions ... because I didn't found them as defined somewhere ... from your experience, what could be similar windows functions ?

phil.o9-Jan-20 1:03

phil.o

9-Jan-20 1:03

Maybe you can have a look at <random> header[^] and/or srand (<cstdlib> header)[^]?

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_Flaviu9-Jan-20 2:29

9-Jan-20 2:29

These tho two calls are coming from a Linux code ... and I didn't found documentation about them.

Richard MacCutchan9-Jan-20 1:26

Richard MacCutchan

9-Jan-20 1:26

Take a look at C/C++ language and standard libraries reference | Microsoft Docs[^], where you will find all the C and C++ library references.

David Crow9-Jan-20 3:25

David Crow

9-Jan-20 3:25

Probably need to use srand() and rand().

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_Flaviu9-Jan-20 6:42

9-Jan-20 6:42

That worked. Thank you !!!

k50549-Jan-20 9:03

k5054

9-Jan-20 9:03

Works, but is it wise? Depending no what you are doing, you might want to use the rand_s function instead. Be aware that some implementations of rand() have quite short periods and are predictable, so may not be a good choice if you require a good source of randomness. See also MSC30-C. Do not use the rand() function for generating pseudorandom numbers - SEI CERT C Coding Standard - Confluence

_Flaviu9-Jan-20 21:03

9-Jan-20 21:03

I have tried to use srand_s and rand_s, but no one is recognized by my compiler:

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error C3861: 'srand_s': identifier not found
error C3861: 'rand_s': identifier not found

Victor Nijegorodov9-Jan-20 22:51

Victor Nijegorodov

9-Jan-20 22:51

See the Remark section in rand_s | Microsoft Docs

Redirect to my struct

_Flaviu7-Jan-20 21:58

7-Jan-20 21:58

I have some code:

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sid->identifier_authority

where sid is declared as:

C++

const SID* sid

and the project say that sid is targeting to windows (WinNT.h):

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typedef struct _SID {
...
} SID, *PISID;

but I also have (in some header file) inside my project another SID struct declared:

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#ifdef SID
typedef struct {
	u8 sub_authority_count;
	SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY identifier_authority;
}SID;
#endif

how can I do to sid be as my SID struct, not as _SID windows struct ?

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan7-Jan-20 22:11

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

7-Jan-20 22:11

You need to use a namespace here to remove the ambiguity between types.

Check this thread to see how this can be solved, Why doesn't ANSI C have namespaces? - Stack Overflow.

Quote:
how can I do to sid be as my SID struct, not as _SID windows struct ?

Are you including both the header files? If they are in separate header files, you can try avoiding including a header file and SID will automatically be of your choice.

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_Flaviu7-Jan-20 22:38

7-Jan-20 22:38

Is included only myfile.h, not WinNT.h ... still, the code take _SID because my SID structure is hidden after an #ifdef SID ... the fact is that if I define a SID I got another errors. And for that error see this post: Re: Redirect to my struct - C / C++ / MFC Discussion Boards[^]

modified 8-Jan-20 5:26am.

_Flaviu8-Jan-20 0:29

8-Jan-20 0:29

Inside myheader.h there is a lot for other structs and defines that is in conflict with those from Windows. SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY for example ... So, removing or renaming is not an option (I guess). But I am not figure out how to solve this conflict with namespacing ...