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  • Mihajlo Cvetanoviæ
    #1

    How to debug application built on another machine?

    My application crashed (with the "cannot read memory, press OK to
    terminate or Cancel to debug" message) on the machine that has VC7.1. I
    just copied the original project with pdb file to that machine, opened
    the project, pressed Cancel to the above message, and chose this
    instance of Visual Studio. But I couldn't step through my code, only
    through internal MFC code.

    Does anybody knows what am I doing wrong?
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    • Gabest
      #2
      Re: How to debug application built on another machine?

      When the debugger is attached you can see whether it could load the pdb in
      the debug output window. It should say something like "symbols loaded" next
      to your exe or dll.

      "Mihajlo Cvetanoviæ" <mac@RnEeMtOsVe Et.co.yu> wrote in message
      news:uLlB5I$gFH A.3692@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
      > My application crashed (with the "cannot read memory, press OK to
      > terminate or Cancel to debug" message) on the machine that has VC7.1. I
      > just copied the original project with pdb file to that machine, opened the
      > project, pressed Cancel to the above message, and chose this instance of
      > Visual Studio. But I couldn't step through my code, only through internal
      > MFC code.
      >
      > Does anybody knows what am I doing wrong?[/color]


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        • Gabest
          #3
          Re: How to debug application built on another machine?

          When the debugger is attached you can see whether it could load the pdb in
          the debug output window. It should say something like "symbols loaded" next
          to your exe or dll.

          "Mihajlo Cvetanoviæ" <mac@RnEeMtOsVe Et.co.yu> wrote in message
          news:uLlB5I$gFH A.3692@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
          > My application crashed (with the "cannot read memory, press OK to
          > terminate or Cancel to debug" message) on the machine that has VC7.1. I
          > just copied the original project with pdb file to that machine, opened the
          > project, pressed Cancel to the above message, and chose this instance of
          > Visual Studio. But I couldn't step through my code, only through internal
          > MFC code.
          >
          > Does anybody knows what am I doing wrong?[/color]


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            • Tomas Restrepo \(MVP\)
              #4
              Re: How to debug application built on another machine?

              Mihajlo,
              [color=blue]
              > My application crashed (with the "cannot read memory, press OK to
              > terminate or Cancel to debug" message) on the machine that has VC7.1. I
              > just copied the original project with pdb file to that machine, opened the
              > project, pressed Cancel to the above message, and chose this instance of
              > Visual Studio. But I couldn't step through my code, only through internal
              > MFC code.
              >
              > Does anybody knows what am I doing wrong?[/color]

              The debugger is probably not finding the symbols for your libraries. Once
              you start debugging, open the Modules Window, and you should see your
              exe/dlls in that list. My bet is that they say "symbols not loaded". If so,
              you can right click on each one and select "Reload Symbols", which will
              bring up a Open File dialog where you can browse for the correct pdb file.

              Also, you'll want to load your source files in VS as well.


              --
              Tomas Restrepo
              tomasr@mvps.org
              devdeo
              http://www.winterdom.com/



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                • Tomas Restrepo \(MVP\)
                  #5
                  Re: How to debug application built on another machine?

                  Mihajlo,
                  [color=blue]
                  > My application crashed (with the "cannot read memory, press OK to
                  > terminate or Cancel to debug" message) on the machine that has VC7.1. I
                  > just copied the original project with pdb file to that machine, opened the
                  > project, pressed Cancel to the above message, and chose this instance of
                  > Visual Studio. But I couldn't step through my code, only through internal
                  > MFC code.
                  >
                  > Does anybody knows what am I doing wrong?[/color]

                  The debugger is probably not finding the symbols for your libraries. Once
                  you start debugging, open the Modules Window, and you should see your
                  exe/dlls in that list. My bet is that they say "symbols not loaded". If so,
                  you can right click on each one and select "Reload Symbols", which will
                  bring up a Open File dialog where you can browse for the correct pdb file.

                  Also, you'll want to load your source files in VS as well.


                  --
                  Tomas Restrepo
                  tomasr@mvps.org
                  devdeo
                  http://www.winterdom.com/



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                    • Mihajlo Cvetanoviæ
                      #6
                      Re: How to debug application built on another machine?

                      Thank you fellows for the useful info, the error was the most obvious
                      one: the application and the project don't match, with a half an hour
                      distance.

                      This only proves the point that whatever job you're trying to rush on
                      Friday at 9 PM (like debugging the crash on another machine), it can't
                      come out good.

                      Saying that, I have another question. Is there a way to force the
                      debugger to use inappropriate PDB? Granted, it would show the wrong info
                      in some parts of the code, but it would still be usable in other parts.

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                        • Mihajlo Cvetanoviæ
                          #7
                          Re: How to debug application built on another machine?

                          Thank you fellows for the useful info, the error was the most obvious
                          one: the application and the project don't match, with a half an hour
                          distance.

                          This only proves the point that whatever job you're trying to rush on
                          Friday at 9 PM (like debugging the crash on another machine), it can't
                          come out good.

                          Saying that, I have another question. Is there a way to force the
                          debugger to use inappropriate PDB? Granted, it would show the wrong info
                          in some parts of the code, but it would still be usable in other parts.

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                            • Oleg Starodumov
                              #8
                              Re: How to debug application built on another machine?

                              [color=blue]
                              > Saying that, I have another question. Is there a way to force the
                              > debugger to use inappropriate PDB? Granted, it would show the wrong info
                              > in some parts of the code, but it would still be usable in other parts.[/color]

                              Yes, in many cases it is possible:
                              DebugInfo.com - Matching debug information
                              http://www.debuginfo.com/articles/debuginfomatch.html#loadunmatched


                              Regards,
                              Oleg
                              [VC++ MVP]





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                                • Mihajlo Cvetanoviæ
                                  #9
                                  Re: How to debug application built on another machine?

                                  Oleg Starodumov wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
                                  >>Saying that, I have another question. Is there a way to force the
                                  >>debugger to use inappropriate PDB? Granted, it would show the wrong info
                                  >>in some parts of the code, but it would still be usable in other parts.[/color]
                                  >
                                  > Yes, in many cases it is possible:
                                  > http://www.debuginfo.com/articles/de...#loadunmatched[/color]

                                  That's it, ChkMatch is what I was after (the only better solution is
                                  that the debugger allows debug info mismatch). Thank you for the very
                                  usable 50 kB piece of code.

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