Debugging include files in C++

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Hello everybody,

I come across the following problem :
I have included some source files from a different folder in my project ( at Project Properties-> VC++ directories -> Include -> My external folder ) and my code crashes in a function from those source files. My question is : how can I Step Into those source files?

Thanks in advance,
Tamash

Posted 24-Feb-11 20:45pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-Feb-11 2:55am

Why not? What do you observe?
--SA

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Hans Dietrich · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-24T21:11:00

Solution 1

Open the source file in the external folder in the editor - it will appear in the list of files in the Solution Explorer. Then put a breakpoint at the line you want, just like any other source file.

Posted 24-Feb-11 21:11pm

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Espen Harlinn 25-Feb-11 3:28am

Right, my 5

tamash_ionut 25-Feb-11 9:12am

Thanks a lot.

Andrew Brock · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-24T21:42:00

When the external project is compiled, there will be Debug DataBase files generated (.pdb)
This tells Visual Studio how to relate the binary files (.lib, .dll, ...) with the source code. It also contains the fully qualified path to the code(such as C:\Libraries\My Project\Lib.cpp).

If visual studio can find this file then it will automatically load it and show debugging info. This can be set from Tools>Options>Debugging>Symbols (in VS2008, other versions may be different).

This is also required for Hans' answer to work too, although if you open the source file Visual studio will automatically search some nearby directories for the .pdb files, rather than manually setting them.