Need to remote debug a DLL with Visual Studio

Question

Is it possible to debug with Visual Studio debugger on a PC without any Visual Studio installation ?

Here's the context :

I'm currently working in a VB project under VS2015 IDE. This project generates a DLL used by two computers :

• Development computer : A test app (written in VB) opens the DLL and I'm debugging this DLL with Visual Studio Debugger ;
• Production computer : An extern app opens the DLL and runs it, but Visual Studio is not installed in this computer and I may not install anything such as remote debugging tools.

A bug appeared in the production computer, but I can't redo it into my dev computer. Unfortunately, I need to get debug info whereas I run the DLL into the prod computer because the bug is not easy to find.

Can someone tell me how to get debug info with a computer that does not have Visual Studio installed on, or to remote debugging it ?

Any information, link or tutorial would be really appreciated.

Thanks,

Vick91

Answer 1

Without knowing what version of VS you have installed, the best I can give you is this MS article on Remote Debugging:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y7f5zaaa.aspx