[gdal-dev] Debugging on Windows Using Visual Studio

[Joel Odom]

Thanks so much, folks, for writing back.  I did get the problem
solved.  I hadn't changed the nmake.opt file to generate the debug
database.  (One was being output for some reason, but it was
incomplete.  For the archives, I documented this more fully a few
e-mails back.)

Thanks again!



On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 12:16 AM, Martin Chapman <chapmanm at pixia.com> wrote:
> Joel,
>
> I debug into gdal source from visual studio all the time.  Here is what I
> do:
>
> 1. Use nmake to build gdal from the command line with the nmake.opt file set
> to build gdal in the debug configuration.
> 2. Copy the gdalxxx.dll, gdalxxx_i.lib and gdalxxx.pdb to the same directory
> as my application exe or dll.
> 3. Run my application in debug mode with a break point in my code on the
> line I want to debug.
> 4. When the code breaks in my code then I press F11 to step into the gdal
> code.
>
> If it doesn't work then something is out of sync between your code and the
> gdal files your are linked against.  Most likely your code can't find the
> gdal pdb or the files are out of date.  Make sure you do a full rebuild on
> both projects so all files are up to date with the debug symbols. Sometimes
> I make that mistake and my code won't step into gdal so I do a full rebuild
> and then it works.
>
> Martin
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gdal-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:gdal-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Joel Odom
> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 12:36 PM
> To: gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [gdal-dev] Debugging on Windows Using Visual Studio
>
> Problem solved.  For the benefit of the group and the searchable list
> archives, I'll describe here what was going on.
>
> My build on Windows, using makegdal80.sln, was generating a gdal15.dll
> with symbols and gdal15.pdb file.  For whatever reason, these files
> did not contain sufficient information for me to step in to the code
> in a debug session.  After poking around for some time, I found that
> the OPTFLAGS in nmake.opt were set to the optimized build.  I'm not
> sure why I was seeing the debug symbols loading, but changing OPTFLAGS
> to generate a gdal.pdb (along with the gdal15.pdb) gave me the debug
> information I needed.  (In 1.6.0, the OPTFLAGS is set for debug when
> DEBUG is defined, which seems to make more sense.)
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Joel Odom <joelodom at gmail.com> wrote:
>> More notes on the issue below.
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Joel Odom <joelodom at gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:21 AM
>> Subject: Re: [gdal-dev] Debugging on Windows Using Visual Studio
>> To: Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com>
>>
>>
>> I'm building from makegdal80.sln.  I'm also starting my debug sessions
>> from this same solution.  I'm getting symbols in gdal15.dll and the
>> .pdb file, but I still can't set a break point anywhere.  It's like
>> the debug symbols don't map correctly to the source code.
>>
>> I'm wondering if there is some flag in the makefile options that is
>> not being set, so the program debug information is incomplete?  I am
>> able to set a break point in my dll that calls gdal, but not anywhere
>> in the gdal methods.  Again, this is all in VS 2005.  I'll post an
>> answer here if I figure out the problem before I give up, but if
>> anyone has any ideas, I'd appreciate it.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com>
> wrote:
>>> Joel Odom wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Bruce.  I'm trying to debug an app that uses GDAL from unmanaged C++
>>>> on Visual Studio 2005.  I've tried for an hour or two to step into
>>>> gdal, running debug sessions both from the project file from which I
>>>> build gdal and from the app that calls into GDAL, but even when I run
>>>> from the gdal solution itself, it still doesn't let me step through
>>>> source code, even though the modules window says gdal15.dll is loaded
>>>> with symbols from the same location as my .pdb file.
>>>
>>> Joel,
>>>
>>> I have generally not had problems with this.  Did you build GDAL using
>>> the nmake files or the solution?  I've had good luck debugging the
>>> utilities and into GDAL itself with visual studio. I normally run things
>>> from the commandline and pop into visual studio when things crash (even
>>> triggering crashes at select points).
>>>
>>> This is usually with visual studio 2003.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
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>>>
>>>
>>
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