Debugging a WebService

[Arne]

Is there a secret trick to debugging a Web service?
I compile my web service and test app in debug mode.
The webservice has <compilation defaultLanguage="vb" debug="true" /> in
web.config.
I set breakpoints in my web service.
I try to step into my web services with F11 from my test app.
My webservices executes, but I never reach my breakpoint and my webservice
never executes in debug mode.

[Drew Marsh]

Arne wrote:

Is there a secret trick to debugging a Web service?
I compile my web service and test app in debug mode.
The webservice has <compilation defaultLanguage="vb" debug="true" />
in
web.config.
I set breakpoints in my web service.
I try to step into my web services with F11 from my test app.
My webservices executes, but I never reach my breakpoint and my
webservice
never executes in debug mode.

The problem is you probably set your test app as the startup project which means the debugger will attach to that process, however it will not automatically attach to ASP.NET's process. You need to explicitly attach to the process by going to Debug -> Processes -> Find and double click aspnet_wp.exe -> Make sure Common Language Runtime is checked off and hit ok.

Now you're debugging both processes and should get the exact debugging experience you're expecting.

HTH,
Drew

[Magne Ryholt]

Is it possible to automate this so we don't need to attach every time we
start a new debug session ?
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Arne wrote:

Is there a secret trick to debugging a Web service?
I compile my web service and test app in debug mode.
The webservice has <compilation defaultLanguage="vb" debug="true" />
in
web.config.
I set breakpoints in my web service.
I try to step into my web services with F11 from my test app.
My webservices executes, but I never reach my breakpoint and my
webservice
never executes in debug mode.

The problem is you probably set your test app as the startup project which
means the debugger will attach to that process, however it will not
automatically attach to ASP.NET's process. You need to explicitly attach
to the process by going to Debug -> Processes -> Find and double click
aspnet_wp.exe -> Make sure Common Language Runtime is checked off and hit
ok.

Now you're debugging both processes and should get the exact debugging
experience you're expecting.

HTH,
Drew

[Drew Marsh]

Magne Ryholt wrote:

Is it possible to automate this so we don't need to attach every time
we
start a new debug session ?

Nothing straight forward that I know of, but you might be able to do it with
a Macro.

-Dre