Debugging Question...

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Hello,

I am debugging an ASP.NET application with many pages and classes.

There is a method that I am working on, but I must know what happened just
before this method was called. I am using the "Call Stack" window but I
always end up with it showing "[External Code]" as the previous event.

Yes, I know that external code just happened but what about the 5 other
pages and classes were doing things before this page? Why did the call
stack clear all those out!?!?

Is there a way to see a history of every page, class, and method that gets
called as you are running through your application? This seems like such a
basic, simple, and required thing Visual Studio should provide that I can
just not seem to find.

So, to sum it up, what I need to know is what class of mine was run before
the place I have my breakpoint.

Thanks!!!
 
Hi vbMark,

Thanks for your post. My name is Hongye Sun [MSFT]. It's my pleasure to
work with you on this issue.

For this issue, I would suggest you to use tracing.
1. Using trace point.
Please refer to: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/232dxah7.aspx
"Tracepoints are a new way of using breakpoints. A tracepoint is a
breakpoint with a custom action associated with it. When the tracepoint is
hit, it causes the debugger to perform the specified action instead of (or
in addition to) breaking program execution."
You can use tracepoints for many of the same purposes that you would use
the Trace Class, but without the need to modify your code.

2. ASP.net tracing
In this way, you could see the pages or page events executed before, but
not user code.
ASP.net provides two ways for tracing. One is page tracing, the other is
application tracing.
a. Page tracing
As documented at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/94c55d08(VS.71).aspx
When enabling page tracing, ASP.NET appends performance information and
page events in the page output. You could use the it to check what page
events are executed before.
b. Application tracing
As documented at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1y89ed7z(VS.71).aspx
When you enable tracing for an entire application in the Web.config file,
trace information is gathered and processed for each page in that
application. You could view all the page has been requested before.

Please try the two solutions and let me know if they work for you. Thanks.

Regards,
Hongye Sun ([email protected], remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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Hi vbMark,

Thanks for your post. My name is Hongye Sun [MSFT]. It's my pleasure
to work with you on this issue.

For this issue, I would suggest you to use tracing.
1. Using trace point.
Please refer to: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/232dxah7.aspx
"Tracepoints are a new way of using breakpoints. A tracepoint is a
breakpoint with a custom action associated with it. When the
tracepoint is hit, it causes the debugger to perform the specified
action instead of (or in addition to) breaking program execution."
You can use tracepoints for many of the same purposes that you would
use the Trace Class, but without the need to modify your code.

2. ASP.net tracing
In this way, you could see the pages or page events executed before,
but not user code.
ASP.net provides two ways for tracing. One is page tracing, the other
is application tracing.
a. Page tracing
As documented at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/94c55d08(VS.71).aspx
When enabling page tracing, ASP.NET appends performance information
and page events in the page output. You could use the it to check what
page events are executed before.
b. Application tracing
As documented at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1y89ed7z(VS.71).aspx
When you enable tracing for an entire application in the Web.config
file, trace information is gathered and processed for each page in
that application. You could view all the page has been requested
before.

Please try the two solutions and let me know if they work for you.
Thanks.

Regards,
Hongye Sun ([email protected], remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments
and suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to
you. Please feel free to let my manager know what you think of the
level of service provided. You can send feedback directly to my
manager at: (e-mail address removed).
 
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Support Engineer within 1 business day is acceptable. Please note that
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support professional working with you may need further investigation
to reach the most efficient resolution. The offering is not
appropriate for situations that require urgent, real-time or
phone-based interactions or complex project analysis and dump analysis
issues. Issues of this nature are best handled working with a
dedicated Microsoft Support Engineer by contacting Microsoft Customer
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Good information here. I will play around with this stuff.

Thanks!!
 
You are welcome, vbMark. It's my pleasure to help you.

Have a nice day!

Regards,
Hongye Sun ([email protected], remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please
feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service
provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at:
(e-mail address removed).

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
 
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