How to attach to a process from a workspace and not lost the works

[Sebastien Tardif]

After I open a workspace I have access to all C++ files of the workspace.

I can put breakpoints. Everything look great...
So I go attach to my process and Visual C++ go close my workspace!

I don't see the goal of closing the workspace...

How can I fix this strange behavior/bug?

[Oleg Starodumov]

After I open a workspace I have access to all C++ files of the workspace.

I can put breakpoints. Everything look great...
So I go attach to my process and Visual C++ go close my workspace!

I don't see the goal of closing the workspace...

How can I fix this strange behavior/bug?

Set the following settings in Project properties | Configuration Properties | Debugging:

Attach = "Yes"
Command = "Your executable" (optional, for .EXE projects the default is OK)

With these settings, pressing F5 will attach to the specified executable (if it is running)
instead of launching it, and keep the workspace open.

Regards,
Oleg

[Sebastien Tardif]

I can make it work in Visual Studio 2003 but not with Visual C++ 6.xx. Any
fix on this one?

"Oleg Starodumov" wrote:

After I open a workspace I have access to all C++ files of the workspace.

I can put breakpoints. Everything look great...
So I go attach to my process and Visual C++ go close my workspace!

I don't see the goal of closing the workspace...

How can I fix this strange behavior/bug?

Set the following settings in Project properties | Configuration Properties | Debugging:

Attach = "Yes"
Command = "Your executable" (optional, for .EXE projects the default is OK)

With these settings, pressing F5 will attach to the specified executable (if it is running)
instead of launching it, and keep the workspace open.

Regards,
Oleg

[Oleg Starodumov]

I can make it work in Visual Studio 2003 but not with Visual C++ 6.xx. Any
fix on this one?

After you have attached for the first time (and lost your workspace),
open the needed source files, set breakpoints, etc., and save the workspace
(File | Save Workspace). This will create an .OPT file associated with
the given executable.

Next time you want to debug the executable, open the .EXE file in
File | Open Workspace dialog. This will load the .OPT file created
in the previous step, and that workspace will not be closed when
you attach to the running executable.

Oleg