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• How to disable optimizations when debugging Reference Source

  When you debug code in the .NET Framework using the newly available Reference Source functionality in VS 2008 , you may notice that many variables are not available for inspection. This is because you're debugging against retail-optimized code.  In many cases, since you can still step through, this is something that's manageable. But what if you really need to get a better idea of what's going on?  Fortunately, there is a way. What you need to do is to tell the CLR not to load the pre-JIT (aka NGEN) images.  Here is how to do it.  First, create a CMD file that sets an environment variable, then launches Visual Studio.  I called mine "NoOptDevEnv.cmd", and it's contents are as follows: set COMPLUS_ZapDisable... Posted Jan 29 2008, 02:35 PM by Shawn Burke's Blog Filed under: Source

• Configuring Visual Studio to Debug .NET Framework Source Code

  It's finally here - the launch of the .NET Reference Source project. This post (hopefully!) contains everything you need to know. Over the past few weeks, we ran a pilot of this feature and collected lots of great data that helped us work through some issues and understand where people were likely to have problems. First, though, if you have any problems, please make sure you've followed all of the steps exactly as described. If you're still having problems, please check the FAQ/Troubleshooting section at the bottom. If that doesn't work, post a comment below and I'll look into it. BASIC SETUP Note this functionality is not available on the Express versions of the Visual Studio 2008 products. 1) Install the Visual Studio 2008 QFE . This QFE... Posted Jan 16 2008, 09:02 AM by Shawn Burke's Blog Filed under: Source

• Channel 9 Video, more details on Reference Source

  Yesterday afternoon I did a Channel 9 video talking about the Reference Source program we announced yesterday, plus doing a live demo of how it works. That's the first time I've done one of the Channel 9 videos. It's a little disconcerting at first - there's no script or practice or even editing. Some guys pretty much just show up in your office with a handheld camera and a tripod and start filming. Fortunately, it seems like it turned out pretty well. But I'm definitely not expecting any Oscar nods. In the video, you'll see me actually run the debugger on a simple Windows Forms project, and then load the symbols for System.Windows.Forms.dll and mscorlib.dll. In the video, VS was already configured, but here's some more detail on exactly how... Posted Oct 04 2007, 02:44 PM by Shawn Burke's Blog Filed under: Source

• Making .NET Framework Source Available to Developers

  For any of you that have been following my blog, you may remember that I made a splash with a post about possible ways to release Windows Forms source code . This generated a lot of discussion and was picked up by many of the major tech websites out there. That was in February of 2005. Between now and then, I've taken a new role in the company and had other things (like shipping VS 2005 and getting the AJAX Control Toolkit off the ground) keeping me busy, but earlier this year I started to get much more focused on this idea and pulling together a plan to make it happen. Today is an exciting day for us here Microsoft and our developers, see ScottGu's Blog for the big announcement : We will be releasing .NET Framework Source Code as part of the... Posted Oct 03 2007, 01:30 PM by Shawn Burke's Blog Filed under: Source