Re: Debugging "in the field"

"neilsolent" wrote:


I think that the culprit is missing .PDB file on the test server.
So, when debugger attaches to teh process it can't find
appropriate symbol information, then falls back to dissasembly.
What happens if you copy all .PDB files form the output directory
on the source server along with program's executable to the stest
server?

<MSDN>
"The .pdb Files"
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa297115(VS.60).aspx

"The Visual C++ debugger uses the <project>.pdb file created by
the linker directly, and embeds the absolute path to the .pdb in
the .exe or .dll file. If the debugger can't find the .pdb file at
that location or if the path is invalid (for example, if the
project was moved to another computer), the debugger looks for it
in the current directory."
</MSDN>

Also, VC6 is really old. Sometimes it can be very unflexible
regarding files locations and such.

HTH
Alex