Re: Loading (debugging) symbols in the module window

From:

Norbert Unterberg <nunterberg@newsgroups.nospam>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.language

Date:

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:06:04 +0100

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<#AHCQ0tTJHA.592@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>

(2b|!2b)==? schrieb:

Norbert Unterberg wrote:

[...]

"The symbol xxx.pdb does not match the module"

I dont understand why I am getting this message - since the pdb file
is the correct one - (i.e. generated when the "offending" DLL was
built) - am I missing anything obvious?

The most common cause for this is that you have more than one copy of
either the DLL or the PDB on your PC, and the debugger is loading the
wrong version of one of them. You should do a file find for both of
the files in question, not only in your build directories but also in
the PATH.

Norbert

Thanks Norbert, I'll try that .. allthough I find it wierd that
(according to your post), even though I *specifically* navigate to a
specific file (using the 'Load Symbols' menu), VS2005 still searches the
path and if a copy of the file is found on the path, loads that instead
of the one I specified - Hmmm, that does sound a bit fishy to me

Hmm, you mght be loading the correct symbol file, but did you check that
the process actually loaded the correct version of the DLL? Check the
output window, the debugger shows the full path of all DLLs the process
loads.

Another option should be to check the intermediate and output
directories of the DLL project in question. And check if the "generate
debug info" option is switched on, maybe the PDB is from the correct DLL
but is old. Try to delete all the output folders of the DLL in question
manually, rebuild the project and check that all expected files are
re-generated in the correct folders.