Debugging a .svc service

I have a WCF service project that I created in VS2005 with the "WinFX Service
Library" template. I can set a breakpoint in its Service.cs file but it
doesn't break when the service is used by a client. I have debug="true" in
the Web.config file of the service. Should it be possible to debug this type
of project?

"Mike Russo" <Mike Russo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a WCF service project that I created in VS2005 with the "WinFX
>Service
> Library" template. I can set a breakpoint in its Service.cs file but it
> doesn't break when the service is used by a client. I have debug="true"
> in
> the Web.config file of the service. Should it be possible to debug this
> type
> of project?

Yes,
just make sure that you are using Debug configuration, hit the .svc file
from IE to allow IIS start the working proccess and attach to it from
VS.NET.

Regards,

--
Martin Kulov
http://www.codeattest.com/blogs/martin

MVP, MCT, MCSD.NET Early Achiever

Hi Martin,
Thanks for your reply. I noticed that the worker process, aspnet_wp.exe is
already running prior to browsing to my .svc. I can attach VS to it with my
service project loaded but breakpoints still do not work because the debug
symbols have not been loaded. That is what browsing to the .svc
accomplishes. And that is why it's important to do this prior to attaching
to aspnet_wp.exe. Thanks for saving me some head-scratching.
Mike

"Martin Kulov [MVP]" wrote:

> "Mike Russo" <Mike Russo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsCB5163B-F00D-4192-B290-B08B8F7F122B@microsoft.com...
> >I have a WCF service project that I created in VS2005 with the "WinFX
> >Service
> > Library" template. I can set a breakpoint in its Service.cs file but it
> > doesn't break when the service is used by a client. I have debug="true"
> > in
> > the Web.config file of the service. Should it be possible to debug this
> > type
> > of project?
>
> Yes,
> just make sure that you are using Debug configuration, hit the .svc file
> from IE to allow IIS start the working proccess and attach to it from
> VS.NET.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Martin Kulov
> http://www.codeattest.com/blogs/martin
>
> MVP, MCT, MCSD.NET Early Achiever
>
>