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debugging a crash (c++)

Hi,

I am having a service which calls a C++ COM dll. The C++ COM dll causes some problem and the service crashes.

I couldn't figure it at what point the service crash. I used debugdiag. But it is not putting any crash dump.

Kindly let me know how I can debug a application crash. Or direct me to some good tutorials and tools.

Many thanks.

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Attach the Visual Studio debugger to your service via Tools / Attach to process. You might need to check Show processes from all users in order to see your service in the list.

RichieHindle  2010-10-01 15:29:53
The service is in .Net 2.0. But the COM dll is from VC6. I couldn't find Attach to process in VC6. Whether attach to process in VS2008 shall work?
Jai  2010-10-01 15:32:34
I don't have VC6 here, but is it **Build > Start Debug > Attach to Process**? Or attaching using a later version of Visual Studio ought to work fine.
RichieHindle  2010-10-01 15:50:43
Yes :D. Its there. I will try it. Thanks Richie.
Jai  2010-10-01 16:07:30
@Jai - If you have any later version of Visual Studio, attach using that. The debugging environment is much richer.
Steve Townsend  2010-10-01 16:39:34

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