Beginner question: Symbols not loaded

[Gernot Frieslinger]

Hi all!

I am a beginner to C++ DotNet and I would like to ask what "Symbols not
loaded" means and how to solve this problem.

Thank you very much.
Gernot

[Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]]

"Gernot Frieslinger" <g.************ ********@google mail.comwrote in
message news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP03.phx.gbl. ..

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Hi all!

I am a beginner to C++ DotNet and I would like to ask what "Symbols not
loaded" means and how to solve this problem.

For what file were symbols not loaded?

If for your file, change the configuration to debug and rebuild.

If for a Microsoft file, you can get the symbols by setting up the symbol
server search path, but probably you don't want to (it will just slow down
your debugging to have symbols loaded for all of Windows).

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Thank you very much.
Gernot

[Gernot Frieslinger]

:-) I do not know the meaning of "symbol", that's where the trouble starts.

[Nathan Mates]

In article <#V************ **@TK2MSFTNGP05 .phx.gbl>,
Gernot Frieslinger <g.************ ********@google mail.comwrote:

>:-) I do not know the meaning of "symbol", that's where the trouble starts.

In the context of DevStudio or other debuggers, symbols are used to
make debugging easier. They tell the debugger that 'function xyz()
takes 2 values, and starts at address 0xDEADBEEF', etc. If you're
debugging your code, they're very useful. If the symbols are for
things that aren't your code, you can usually ignore that. Tip: when
it says symbols aren't loaded, it says which .dll/.exe symbols aren't
loaded for. Odds are, you should know what dll/exe you're creating, so
the rest should be Windows or other 3rd party libs. Go to
http://www.google.com/ and search for the dll/exe name to confirm
that.

Nathan Mates

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[Gernot Frieslinger]

Thank you very much for the info, Nathan!
It really helped me!!

Best greetings,
Gernot.