.NET 1.1 service pack 1 debug symbols

[Guest]

Visual Studio .NET 2003 shipped with debug symbols (.pdb) for the .NET 1.1
framework. These symbols have been essencial in solving stack problems while
debugging C++ mixed (managed and unmaged) code. Without the debug symbols,
almost all the time my breakpoints break on mscorwks.dll instead of the point
in code where the breakpoint was located.

Without thinking there would be a problem, I installed service pack 1 for
the .NET 1.1 framework. Now, my debug symbols no longer are valid. Does
anyone know if there is anyway to get the debug symbols for service pack 1?
I've seached microsofts web site high and low and can't seem to find anything.

Thanks,
--Dave

 

[Sahil Malik]

Probably on one of the MSDN discs.

- Sahil Malik
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[Guest]

Download the latest symbols for Windows XP Service pack 2 or whatever you are
on from:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/symbolpkg.mspx
These solved the problem for us.

(For people who don't know, this is how you use them:
Put them in a folder.
In the solution properties (not the project) choose Debug Symbol Files under
Common Properties.
Add the folder into the list.)

The symbols take a while to download, so as a test you can try setting:
srv*c:\cache*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;
in the folder instead which will connect to microsoft for the latest symbols.
This isn't practical in the long run as it will make your app run very slow.
What it does do is let you see if the new symbols solve the problem.