I lost the ability to debug websites something about no symbols. Any tips on
putting symbols on the machine and configuring VS2008 so I can debug
websites?

There are a couple of reasons this happens. One annoying reason is the
ASP.NET Temp files are munged up. This is especially true with AJAX and
other new bits, but I have seen it in non-new sites, esp. when using Profile
with extra elements. To solve this, go to
c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\{version #]\ASP.NET Temporary files and
clear everything out. You may have to restart IIS to get this working.

The FAQ has a couple of additional hints, although I am not sure they will
solve anything directly:
http://blogs.msdn.com/jimgries/pages...ugger-faq.aspx

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"Hillbilly" <nobody@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I lost the ability to debug websites something about no symbols. Any tips
>on putting symbols on the machine and configuring VS2008 so I can debug
>websites?

ThankU I think that's it as I had in fact deleted some temp directories in
that path and it seems some of the temp files are no longer in synch with
other temp directories. I'll go whack everything under the parent and see
how it goes.

"Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer)" <NoSpamMgbworld@xxxxxx> wrote in
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> There are a couple of reasons this happens. One annoying reason is the
> ASP.NET Temp files are munged up. This is especially true with AJAX and
> other new bits, but I have seen it in non-new sites, esp. when using
> Profile with extra elements. To solve this, go to
> c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\{version #]\ASP.NET Temporary files and
> clear everything out. You may have to restart IIS to get this working.
>
> The FAQ has a couple of additional hints, although I am not sure they will
> solve anything directly:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/jimgries/pages...ugger-faq.aspx
>
> --
> Gregory A. Beamer
> MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
>
> Blog:
> http://feeds.feedburner.com/GregoryBeamer
>
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> "Hillbilly" <nobody@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23t2SRXWvJHA.5708@xxxxxx

>>I lost the ability to debug websites something about no symbols. Any tips
>>on putting symbols on the machine and configuring VS2008 so I can debug
>>websites?

>

ThankU. That's an interesting hypothesis. I think Cowboy's reminder is going
to work it out this time as I note in my reply. I have never taken IE
offline. What for? :-)

"RingBuster" <Ring@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hillbilly wrote:

>> I lost the ability to debug websites something about no symbols. Any tips
>> on putting symbols on the machine and configuring VS2008 so I can debug
>> websites?

>
> That usually means that VS and the IIS Web application code no longer has
> a valid connection for the Web application, like you told IE to work off
> line and never told IE to come on line again will produce the situation
> you're talking about.

I see, thanks for bringing this context to my attention, my partner uses
dialup a lot and it may come in handy to pass on to him.

"RingBuster" <Ring@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hillbilly wrote:

>> ThankU. That's an interesting hypothesis. I think Cowboy's reminder is
>> going to work it out this time as I note in my reply. I have never taken
>> IE offline. What for? :-)
>>
>> "RingBuster" <Ring@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OUO68TXvJHA.5100@xxxxxx

>>> Hillbilly wrote:
>>>> I lost the ability to debug websites something about no symbols. Any
>>>> tips on putting symbols on the machine and configuring VS2008 so I can
>>>> debug websites?
>>>
>>> That usually means that VS and the IIS Web application code no longer
>>> has a valid connection for the Web application, like you told IE to work
>>> off line and never told IE to come on line again will produce the
>>> situation you're talking about.

>>

>
> Well, if you're doing more than one task, like surfing on a dial-up
> somewhere, you're doing ASP.Net development too, have to get off the phone
> line, pull the phone line out the jack, IE asked do you won't to work
> off-line or connect back using the phone line, and you select work-off
> line, then you will get that condition of Debug and the symbols are lost.
>
> As a matter of fact, the ASP.Net application and IIS went on the blink too
> on the laptop with me cussing it all out, before I stumbled upon let me
> connect on the dial-up and make IE go back online.
>
> And believe me I stumble into the solution.
>
>