How to use a PDB file

[Water Cooler v2]

How does one use a .pdb file that contains debug symbols for a project.
It contains binary data. How do I use it to diagnose the application?

[Jaspreet]

Water Cooler v2 wrote:

How does one use a .pdb file that contains debug symbols for a project.
It contains binary data. How do I use it to diagnose the application?

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-pdb.html

[Lloyd Dupont]

Usually you use a debugger which know what to do with it.
BTW there is a free debugger in the SDK.
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Regards,
Lloyd Dupont

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How does one use a .pdb file that contains debug symbols for a project.
It contains binary data. How do I use it to diagnose the application?

[Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]]

Hi,

The .pdb file is used by the debugger and normally is only generated when
using the "Debug" configuration.

For example, when you use Exception.ToString and the .pdb file is available,
you get info about the file name and line number that caused the exception.
Using the Release configuration, where the .pdb file is missing, you lose
that information and you get only the method name.

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Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

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