Re: Passing parameters to a Com DLL

From:
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.atl
Date:
Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:48:01 -0500
Message-ID:
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"WishfulDoctor" <WishfulDoctor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:60BDED0A-82B9-4B81-9B68-CC956D984EDB@microsoft.com

I am still having problems getting the 'break' during debugging. I
have built the dll in debug mode and it is registered. I have set
the 'command' in Properties/Debug to be the full path of the VB .exe
file. I have set breakpoints in the method being called. When I
press f5, the vb program is started - I fill the data and click the
button to call my dll - it is called and value returned to the VB
program without stopping at the breakpoint. What am I missing?


The DLL that's registered is not the same one you want to debug. Check
the path in the registry under HKCR\CLSID\{Your CLSID}\InProcServer32.
Alternatively, once you are debugging, check the Modules window (Debug |
Windows | Modules) and see where your DLL is being loaded from. You'll
likely find that a different copy is being loaded, e.g. a release build.
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    Igor Tandetnik

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