Re: No Symbols Loaded - reasons

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From: Derek Harmon (loresayer_at_msn.com)
Date: 03/03/04 

Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 23:28:59 -0500

"KJR" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:12ECCDEB-5D4B-4B84-86F6-AA970320645A@microsoft.com...
> Apart from 3 rows of "has existed with code 0 (0x0)" in the Debug Output Listings, there are 3
> "symbols loaded" rows, and, 18 "no symbols loaded" rows - I'd welcome reasons

The assemblies with "no symbols loaded" are not debug builds (for instance, they are
not a part of your project, or they are OS or third-party DLLs) and have no symbols.

If they are Windows assemblies or DLLs, and you subscribe to MSDN (at the
Professional level or above, I believe) then you can install "symbols" for your
OS from the appropriate OS's symbols CDs/DVD in your subscription binder.
Third-parties MAY also offer symbols for their libraries, but their policies vary
(and its common for vendors not to provide any symbols at all).

If the assemblies showing "no symbols loaded" belong to you, then make sure
they are getting loaded from an appropriate location, are debug builds, and
have .pdb files at the same location as the dll (Visual Studio will normally copy
the .pdb with a recently built debug assembly as long as your project's references
are correct.)

Derek Harmon

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