symbol-server

How can i debug this line of code in Visual Studio?

Hi folks, i have the following line of code in VS2008. VirtualPathData virtualPathData = RouteTable.Routes.GetVirtualPath(_viewContext.RequestContext, "Home", pageLinkValueDictionary); I wish to debug this GetVirtualpath(..) method .. to see what it's trying to do. I'm assuming i need to grab the symbol...

How can you change an age-mismatched PDB to match properly?

Our nightly build process was broken for a long time, such that it generated PDB files that were a few hours different in age than the corresponding image files. I have since fixed the problem. However, I would like to start using a symbol server, but cannot due to having to use these age-mismatched pdb files. I work around this is...

Symbol servers

In this answer the user suggests using Symbol Servers. Can anyone explain how they work and how to set it up (if possible) with TFS 2008? Thanks ...

Visual Studio doesn't cache Microsoft Symbol Server cache misses?

I'm using the Microsoft Symbol Server with Visual Studio 2008 and it's working pretty well. Unfortunately, when the public symbol server doesn't contain the symbols, it takes a while to timeout, and Visual Studio attempts to reload the same missing symbols every time that I start my project for debugging. Is there any way that I can get...

Microsoft Symbol Server / Local Cache Hash Algorithm

Hi, I am trying to figure out what hashing algorithm is used for the Microsoft Symbol Local Cache directory. For example, the local cache can be something like the following L:\Symbols \browseui.dll \44FBC679fe000 browsue.dll \browseui.pdb \44F402F62 browseui.pdb \explorer.exe ...

WinDbg, display Symbol Server paths of loaded modules (even if the symbols did not load)?

Is there a way from WinDbg, without using the DbgEng API, to display the symbol server paths (i.e. PdbSig70 and PdbAge) for all loaded modules? I know that lml does this for the modules whose symbols have loaded. I would like to know these paths for the symbols that did not load so as to diagnose the problem. Anyone know if this is...

What does setting up a symbol server give me?

I read through this article: Setting up a Symbol Server, which goes into details on how to set up a shared symbol server for my team. The thing I'm wondering about is adding my own symbols into the store. My question is this: What exactly is it that I gain from this? Let's assume that I have the following build process: I commit cha...

Debugging Framework Code in Visual Studio

Is this post (http://blogs.msdn.com/sburke/archive/2008/01/16/configuring-visual-studio-to-debug-net-framework-source-code.aspx) still the preferred method for debugging framework code from visual studio? Or has anything changed? ...

VS.NET: Source Server support enabled; Cannot retrieve source file from sourceserver

Hi, I've set up a symbol-server for one of my current projects. During a nightly build I: build my source apply a label to the sourcefiles that have been used in the build index the pdb files with the necessary information stored the pdb files in the MS symbol server (In fact, I've followed this article: Source Server helps you kill...

IntelliTrace - Says it needs a Symbol Server

I am trying to get my Automated builds working with IntelliTrace. When I load a IntelliTrace file that was based off a build, it get the following error: The build associated with this IntelliTrace log file was not configured to publish symbols to a symbol server. You may have to enter the symbol path for this debugging session manu...

Is there a way to debug ASP.NET MVC code using a symbol server (instead of downloading the source and referencing that)?

Hi folks, Is it possible to step through the official ASP.NET MVC 2 code via using the Symbol Server thingy in visual studio 2010? I know I can download the full open source MVC code from codeplex, build it and then get my code to reference THAT codebase dll's... But i'm wondering if this could be achieved by using the Symbol Server s...

Can I have multiple PDBs for the same AssemblyVersion in the Symbol Server?

I have a Class Library that has an AssemblyVersion of 1.0.0.0 and has to keep it even when it's updated (SharePoint...). So I'm using the AssemblyFileVersion as the "real" version. Now, I want to setup a Symbol Server and I wonder if it's actually possible to have multiple PDBs for the same AssemblyVersion and have it automagically wor...

Why are my local dlls taking forever to load after setting _NT_SYMBOL_PATH?

I've setup _NT_SYMBOL_PATH and have pointed it to srv*c:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols When starting the debugger, I notice that the Windows related dlls load quickly. However, our company's dlls are taking a god awful long time to load. When I get rid of _NT_SYMBOL_PATH, restart visual studio, then everything lo...

VS2010 debugging SL 4, can't load source code from source server

I am attaching to an IE instance which is running my deployed SL 4 app. All symbols load ok but when the debugger hits a breakpoint instead of loading the source code from TFS it says: SRCSRV: Unable to determine source server information for module 'MyDll' because it is not fully trusted. The website is a local LAN website like https:...

Can I setup a symbol server outside the TFS build machine?

Hello, I would like to setup a symbol / source server at our company but I have not access to the TFS build machine because this is managed from another department (I'm a developer and this is managed by the Release Engineering). Can I setup the symbol / source server in another machine that takes the results of the TFS build machine t...