is there a debugger API for .NET.

I need to be able to read a .net assembly for analysis and when I need to
report something about it
I need to point to the line of code when the .pdb file is present.

Is there a way to interace with .pdb files?

I think the System.Diagnostics.SymbolStore contains classes to read debug
information. AFAIK "real" debugging isn't possible from within the .net
framework - the framework provides COM interfaces for taht purpose that may
be accessed from C++. I really don't know much more than this, but the
cordbg command line debugger is available as a sample project in the "tool
developer's guide". Might be worth a look.

Niki

"Mike McPhee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> is there a debugger API for .NET.
>
> I need to be able to read a .net assembly for analysis and when I need to
> report something about it
> I need to point to the line of code when the .pdb file is present.
>
> Is there a way to interace with .pdb files?
>
>

I found out that I can use the ISymWrapper but I can't seem to figure out
how to create an instance of
SymBinder. I saw that someone else had similar issues. See

http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en...ogle.com#link2

Someone from microsoft provided a "solution" which is

IMetaDataDispenser mdd =
(IMetaDataDispenser)Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetTypeFromCLSID(
new Guid("e5cb7a31-7512-11d2-89ce-0080c792e5d8")));

Guid IID_IMetadataImport = new
Guid("7DAC8207-D3AE-4c75-9B67-92801A497D44");
IntPtr importer;
mdd.OpenScope(fn, 0, ref IID_IMetadataImport, out importer);but it
fails on me saying can't create interface.

"Niki Estner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I think the System.Diagnostics.SymbolStore contains classes to read debug
> information. AFAIK "real" debugging isn't possible from within the .net
> framework - the framework provides COM interfaces for taht purpose that
may
> be accessed from C++. I really don't know much more than this, but the
> cordbg command line debugger is available as a sample project in the "tool
> developer's guide". Might be worth a look.
>
> Niki
>
> "Mike McPhee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > is there a debugger API for .NET.
> >
> > I need to be able to read a .net assembly for analysis and when I need
to
> > report something about it
> > I need to point to the line of code when the .pdb file is present.
> >
> > Is there a way to interace with .pdb files?
> >
> >
>
>