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Can I debug vs 2003 code from vs 2005?

Alan

16y2.9k

I'm developing a library in vs 2003 because the tool it's for is .NET 1.1. I've been instructed to use vs 2005 unit testing to test the library, but I'm having trouble attaching the 2003 process to the 2005 test project. The tests run, and the functions are called, but when I get an error there is no way to debug the 2003 code. Is it possible to debug the library from 2005 or should I try other unit testing tools (N-Unit)?

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Alan16y ago
It is a .dll, so I can't just debug from the 2003 project. What I meant is that I can't step through the code because I can't attach vs 2003 to the vs 2005 test project. So the break points in the 2003 code are ignored, and I can't put watches in the 2003 code.
Sam Hobbs16y ago
I don't understand "no way to debug the 2003 code". Does that happen when you are using 2003 to debug or using 2005? Why do you say "no way"? If you cannot debug 2003 code using 2003 then you will likely have the same problem using 2005.