How to debug Sharepoint solution/feature through Visual studio?

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pointlesspolitics picture pointlesspolitics · Apr 5, 2010 · Viewed 13.4k times · Source

Recently I tried to install a webpart through wspbuilder utility to the Sharepoint Site. I have created, built and deployed a project to the 12 hive. After that installed the solution through Cental Administration Site and activated in the site collection.

I just wonder how can I debug the complex feature/solution ? Because both processes (build-deploy and activate) totally independent, how can I attach a process with the worker process ?

Answer

Tom Clarkson picture Tom Clarkson · Apr 6, 2010

In the WSPBuilder context menu there is an option "Attach to IIS worker process". As long as the app is loaded (generally means that you have accessed a page in the SharePoint site before trying to attach) and the code deployed in SharePoint is the same as the code you have in Visual Studio, you should be able to set breakpoints and step through the code.

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