VB and Debugging

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So for years our VB chums have not been able to debug in VB without VS crashing while rolling over a class level object. This is a problem in VB 4.3, VB 4.4 and even in VB TinyCLR OS.

http://old.ghielectronics.com/community/forum/topic?id=19600

So a simple app like this will cause VS to explode if you roll the cursor over I

Option Explicit On
Option Strict On

Imports Microsoft.SPOT
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices

Namespace MFConsoleApplication1

    Public Module Module1
        Private I As Integer = 1

        Sub Main()

            Debug.Print(Resources.GetString(Resources.StringResources.String1))
            Stop
            Debug.Print(I.ToString)
        End Sub

    End Module

End Namespace

Even thou i dont use VB i know a crazy dude in Southern California who is still in love with VB :slight_smile:

I looked over the problem, i pondered, i swore at the PC and still i couldn’t figure it out.

As luck would have it i still have @mcalsyn on 0800 HELPDESK speed dial and my caller ID isnt blocked :slight_smile: so i says to Martin…Dude…Hook me up…

A day later we now have a VSIX for VS2017 which allows full debugging in VS2017 - a huge win for the VB fanboys :joy:

So heres the evidence… CerbuinoBee running a VB app with NETMF 4.4 in VS2017 with full debugging and no explosions…

Cerb%20VB2
Cerb%20VB21283Ă—964 40.2 KB
Cerb%20VB
Cerb%20VB1284Ă—960 42 KB

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As usual, Justin gives us 27 seconds of entertainment. And it’s not even Friday.

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TGIF might just be coming back :wink:

If anyone has a Cerberus laying around and wants to try NETMF 4.4 sing out…

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The fix is in the debugger type system and I’ll post a PR to github shortly (once I clean up a harmless but ugly hack I used to get a quick fix out). GHI can then apply that same fix to their host-side debugger code. The github issue thread has more details on what the root cause was.

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@John_Brochue, @Gus_Issa : The pull request is here : Fix #212 - Hovering over Vb globals crashes VS by martincalsyn · Pull Request #552 · NETMF/netmf-interpreter · GitHub

You can see the code changes here : Fix #212 - Hovering over Vb globals crashes VS by martincalsyn · Pull Request #552 · NETMF/netmf-interpreter · GitHub

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You deserve some margaritas :grinning:

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Clearly, you know my favorite currency.

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Nooooo, we want him productive not p@#$ed

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:joy::rofl:

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Thanks for the heads up!

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fyi - the updated extension for vs2017 is here : .NET Micro Framework project system - Visual Studio Marketplace

If you install this version, you will get automatic updates if I make more fixes. This tracks the latest netmf v4.4 changes as well. Note that installing this may or may not be compatible with TinyCLR installations (haven’t tested this, but I will). This package is ONLY for folks working in NETMF v4.4 code. If you are using TinyCLR, stick with the GHI extension.

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