Can I debug an Exe

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Can I debug an Exe

I need to compare few function calls and signature between my application and an working application. Here I don't mean any way to reverse engineer or access the source code of the other application , but truly need to know what are the methods , Interfaces used by the working application.

I tried attaching my application to Visual Studio and then , Start>Debug , but this doesn't provide any useful information. Any help.

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Reflector Pro Visual Studio plug in can debug not only exe you write, but any other assembly ;)

ArsenMkrt 2010-08-16 05:05:40

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you can debug code, but once its compiled, its machine language and a debugger in Visual Studio is not going to do anything at all.

In order to get an idea of what a compiled executable is doing, you can use a program like this: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

MaQleod 2010-08-16 05:05:52

Couple of solutions that I can think of:

Attach the exe with VS IDE Debugger, and use PDB files to debug the exe
Use Reflector to point towards your exe, and check the source. See example.

KMan 2010-08-16 05:11:33

@KMan, Where is the Debug Store Located

Subhen 2010-08-16 05:57:59

@Subhen: What do you mean by *Debug Store*? PDB files gets generated when you build a project, usually in `debug` folder, depending upon the settings you have.

KMan 2010-08-16 06:52:29

@KMan, After Compiling the Code it ,I is not displaying the code in Visual Studio. I am using VS Plugin. After Compiling the code it says "Saving Decompiled assembly to Debug Store".

Subhen 2010-08-16 08:59:22

@Subhen: Checkout `C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Red Gate\.NET Reflector 6\Cache`?

KMan 2010-08-17 04:46:24

Runtime Flow can show all method calls in the working .NET application without need for source code.

Sergey Vlasov 2010-08-17 06:33:56

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