notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus

debugging C# plugins on v6.9.2 not working

kbilsted opened this issue · 10 comments

kbilsted commented

Im experiencing that I cannot in visual studio 2015 "debug -> attach to process" (notepad++.exe) anymore. My breakpoints are never hit so I cannot debug my plugins

Works fine on v6.9 + v6.9.1 - just downloaded and checked.

dail8859 commented

I know it's not quite the same but I can at least confirm debugging C++ plugins work for VS2013 and VS2015 for v6.9.2

dail8859 commented

Also tried VS2015 with a C# plugin and it did not work for me. FYI I'm no debugging expert so I probably can't be of much more help ;)

kbilsted commented

@dail8859 Well, debug -> attach to process -> notepad++.exe - should hit your breakpoints... ;)

I'm also experiencing problems when launching notepad++ from within visual studio with "F5"

kbilsted commented

@dail8859 please fix as fast as you did with the crashing plugins :-P

dail8859 commented

Tried to look into this more but oddly enough it is working fine for me now.

  1. Cloned NppPluginGuidHelper
  2. Built the Debug configuration
  3. Manually copied the DLL to the plugin directory of N++ v6.9.2 (setting a post build event to copy $(TargetPath) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins\" also worked)
  4. Set the N++ exe as the external program to launch for debugging
  5. Set a breakpoint
  6. Pressed F5
  7. It worked
kbilsted commented

@dail8859 which windows? are you executing as administrator?

dail8859 commented

Win7, yes (at least I'm pretty sure)

sanastasiou commented

@kbilsted I'll try this today and give u feedback.

sanastasiou commented

I can debug just fine..

sanastasiou commented

Put this in your commandMenuInit subroutine:

Debugger.Launch();

It will launch the debugger every time you start your plugin. If you don't come this far, there's something else crashing the system before you get there, in which case, I suggest you build Npp yourself and start debugging that .. helped me in the past..