Debugging the scripts

[Kilian-E]

Hello,

what do I have to change in the sample project in order to enable debugging into the script that is called by the sample application?
In the Debug → Windows → Modules of Visual Studio I can see, that the assembly was created without symbols. Therefore I assume, that debugging is not possible with the current settings/code.

So what I ask for is that pressing F11 in the line greeter.Greet("Hello MEF!"); - I want to step into the Greet Method that is defined in the Text.csx

I use Win10 64 bit OS and Visual Studio 2019.

Best regards
Kilian

[laedit]

Hi,

It's been a while since I step a foot in this project, but if I remember correctly the debug is indeed not possible, sorry.
It is one of the con of a script.

[Kilian-E]

Hi @laedit,

this is not the answer I'd hoped for :(

I found out, that the ScriptCsCatalogOptions class has a ScriptArgs property which takes for example "-loglevel" as input.
I think this parameter will be used as cmdline argument for the scriptcs.exe, which has to be called at some point, correct?

So scriptcs.exe does have a "-debug" parameter, too. This parameter "emits PDB symbols allowing for attaching a Visual Studio debugger" as written in the documentation. Does the ScriptCsCatalog not forward this parameter to the scriptcs.exe?

Best regards
Kilian

[laedit]

The ScriptArgs property is just args for the scripts imported through MEF.
This repository only allows to use MEF to "import" scripts, it doesn't launch ScriptCs.
I think for debugging scripts launched through ScriptCs you better be asking on the main repository.