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The '''Microsoft Visual Studio Debugger''' is a [[debugger]] that ships along with all versions of [[Microsoft Visual Studio]]. This debugger owes much of its feel and functionality to [[CodeView]], a standalone, text-based debugger that shipped with [[Visual C Plus Plus|Microsoft Visual C++]] version 1.5 and earlier.
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More advanced features of the most recent versions of this debugger include:
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* Full symbol and source integration.
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* Attaching and Detaching to and from processes.
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* Integrated debugging across programs written in both [[Microsoft .NET|.NET]] and native [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] languages (calls from [[C Sharp|C#]] to [[C++]], for example).
* Remote machine debugging.
* Debugging [[ASP.NET]] [[Web Service]]s.
* Standard as well as more advanced [[breakpoint]] features, including conditional, address, data breakpoints.
* Many ways of viewing program state and data, including multiple watch windows, [[thread (computer science)|threads]], [[call stack]], and modules.
* [[Scripting language|Scriptability]] or the ability to control via a macro or scripting language. Any language which can talk to [[Component Object Model|COM]] can be used.
* '''Edit and continue''' support, enabling source code change and recompilation without having to restart the program (32 bit applications only).
* Local and remote Debugging of SQL stored procedures on supported versions of Microsoft SQL Server
The main shortcoming of the Visual Studio Debugger is its inability to trace into [[kernel (computer science)|kernel]]-mode code. Kernel-mode debugging of Windows is generally performed by using [[WinDbg]], KD, or [[SoftICE]].
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