View source for Debug in Visual Studio

[[Category:Visual Studio]]
[[Category:Debugging]]

== Starting to Debug == 
=== Debugging a Running Process ===
* Without a solution loaded you can still debug
* Attach to an existing process
* Useful when solution isn't readily available
* Accessible from the debug menu
* Source code debugging still available when attaching a process

# Start an app from command line
# Open VS and navigate Debug/Attach to process
# Find the app you started in process
# Open related source code file by using File/Open

=== Debugging a Solution === 
F5 / Debug menu etc... 

== Debug Windows ==
While debugging Debug/Windows/ menu shows which windows are available

== Symbols ==
Auxiliary metadata about your code (Like line numbers)

To use them : Debug/Options and Settings/Symbols 

Callstack and Modules window can also load symbols

== Debugging .NET Framework == 
To debug framework itself 

Debug / Options and Settings / General 

check two .NET checkboxes and 

in Symbols add symbol file location as http://referencesource.microsoft.com/symbols

Click "Load All Symbols"

== Call Stack == 
To see only my calls there is an option under Options and Settings "Enable Just My code"