CODEWITHSUNDEEP
visual-studio-2010windows-phone-7
wpfwannabe
wpfwannabe

Reputation: 14877

Debugger issues with Visual Studio and WP7 emulator

I have a complex C# project that I ported over from C++ and now I'm in the middle of debugging. Things are working great most of the time but more often than not I have huge problems with Visual Studio and debugger attached to WP7 emulator. For some strange reasons, my debug session is often abruptly terminated while stepping through the code without any indication from VS or any trace left in the Output window.

There are even some cases when a breakpoint is hit and then when I hover over a particular variable, VS simply exits the current debugging session. If I refrain from inspecting the variable contents, nothing happens and VS waits happily forever.

As the app is a memory hog by definition, I am wondering whether I am hitting any debugger / WP7 / emulator limits of any kind. Why would a mouse over variable terminate debugging session? Most of all, why is there no trace of what happened? I am left to wonder whether this is a VS issue or an emulator issue or even an app issue.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 314

Answers (2)

wpfwannabe
wpfwannabe

Reputation: 14877

I have found this post which has helped me immensely. It appears that having ToString() overrides can sometimes crash the debugging session. I have implemented mine for the sole purpose of having customized value representation of variables/values in the debugger.

After removing all the ToString() overrides I am able to debug normally again. The thing that still puzzles me is the fact that no exceptions are leaked from my ToString() overrides so I wonder why debugger behaves the way it does but at least the problem is solved for now.

I hope this helps someone.

Upvotes: 0

DIXONJWDD
DIXONJWDD

Reputation: 1286

What are your computer specs?

I have seen similar problems on computers with low specs, especially computers with low memory.

Try clearing out memory hogs from your PC (CCleaner is a good tool) and running Visual Studio in administrator mode.

Upvotes: 1

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