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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++|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 (programming language)|C#]] to [[C++]], for example).
* Remote machine debugging.
* Full support for C++, including templates and the standard library
* 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. The way library and user data types are displayed can be configured (e.g., to show contents of a container class, rather than its raw structure).
* [[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. However, this is possible using a free [[VisualDDK]] extension. Alternatively, kernel-mode debugging of Windows is generally performed by using [[WinDbg]], KD, or [[SoftICE]].
The Visual Studio Debugger also has no ability to debug [[Lambda-expression#Lambda_calculus_and_programming_languages|Lambda-Expressions]] or [[Linq]]. This is because of the high complexity the debugger would grow to.
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