How to make application stop and run debugger?

Question

I have .NET service and I need to debug it.

I want it to stop when it reaches some place in code and start the debugger. Can anyone provide some code sample?

UPDATE

Simply adding

Debugger.Launch(); 

does not work for Windows service.

Answer 1

Add a Debugger.Launch(); to the place in your code where you want to start debugging.

Answer 2

Try using Debugger.Break(), as per this answer.

Answer 3

Here are the steps for that:

1) Stop & uninstall the running service 2) Rename or remove the release version of the service 2) Create a Debug build of the service 3) Install this debug build of service 4) Start the service 5) Open the service solution from Visual studio 6) Select Tools->Attach process 7) In the process list you will see the running service, Attach it 8) Set breakpoints wherever required

Answer 4

1. Add the following code to the place where you want to stop service.
2. Run Service.
3. Attach debugger
4. Add f to watch, change it value to false

5. Continue debugging

   bool f=true; while(f) {//<- Add breakpoint here

   }