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  1. 03-03-2008 #1
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    DebugBreak

    Hello everyone,


    As mentioned here,

    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc266343.aspx

    when we call DebugBreak, the program under \\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug key, will be invoked. The value for mine is,

    "C:\Windows\system32\vsjitdebugger.exe" -p %ld -e %ld

    In my environment, a dialog will be displayed and Visual Studio 2008 is the only item to select to debug. My question is, why vsjitdebugger.exe is not called as mentioned in MSDN, but Visual Studio 2008 is displayed in the dialog box?


    thanks in advance,
    George
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    do you have Auto 0 or 1 setting?
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    For heaven's sake, do you still not know better than to post your Win32 API questions in the generic C++ forum?
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    Did you run it inside the debugger or outside?
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    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
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    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.
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    This might sound kinda stupid but are you sure vsjitdebugger is NOT VS2008 debugger? I mean, the vs in front of it clearly shows that it's related to Visual Studio.
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    It's the Visual Studio Just-in-time debugger launcher.
    It shows a list of installed debuggers on the machine and allows you to select one to debug with.
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    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.
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    Does it show the list even if there is only one?
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    Yes, it does. Unless you tell it to launch a debugger by default.
    It also allows you to select an open instance of Visual Studio or open a new one.
    But I actually don't know if it works with other debuggers than Visual Studio. Never tried.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elysia View Post
    Yes, it does. Unless you tell it to launch a debugger by default.
    It also allows you to select an open instance of Visual Studio or open a new one.
    But I actually don't know if it works with other debuggers than Visual Studio. Never tried.
    Do you know how to configure it? A had a problem with it - the VS6 debugger was not shown as a choice
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    Configure it how?
    A debugger you had installed disappeared and you want it back in the list?
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.
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    Hello everyone involved here, looks like vsjitdebugger is the dialog program which asks us to select debugger? Agree?

    If it is true, it is my mistake to think JIT Debugger is a debugger, but actually it is just a debugger selector. :-)

    Quote Originally Posted by Elysia View Post
    Configure it how?
    A debugger you had installed disappeared and you want it back in the list?

    regards,
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    Yes, it shows a list of debuggers and launches it. The actual Visual Studio debugger is inside the IDE itself, devenv.exe.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elysia View Post
    Configure it how?
    A debugger you had installed disappeared and you want it back in the list?
    exactly... Jut not "had" - have installed
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    I'll admit, that's a curious thing. Never happened to me. And I guess reinstall never helped, either?
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.
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    Probably the list of debuggers there should be somewhere in the registry too. You've just got to find it.
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