Hi Les,
Based on my understanding, I assume your "debug mode" means the application
debug build. That is your application components is built in release
configuration.
Yes, you can use any debugger to attach a release build application as long
as you have enough priviledge/permissions on remote machine. Debugger will
use .Net/Win32 debugging service to attach the process, so it does not
matter if the target is debug or release build.
Normally, release build is not special comparing to debug build. It will
just perform optimize for the generated code. For example, if there is any
local variables can be eliminated, the release build will discard them in
generated assemblies. Below link talks about the C/C++ code difference
between debug and release build, however, the idea is the same for .Net
compiler:
"Debug versus Release build"
http://www.dotnetheaven.com/Uploadfile/mahesh/DebugaRelease05192005033225AM/
DebugaRelease.aspx
Finally, to debug 3rd party assembly, if the assembly is not obfruscated, I
would recommend you to download Reflector from the link below and use the
Reflector to examine the source code of it. Due to the strong metadata in
the .Net assembly, it is possible for Reflector tool to decompile the
assembly code for review.(A extreme example is .Net Framework assemblies,
which can be decompiled in Reflector for learning)
http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Community Support
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