Download characters for remote debugging

Question

I am trying to debug the plugin for TFS 2010 using the code found here . In this example, it is recommended that you use TFS installed locally for debugging. I wanted to try it with Dev TFS 2010 Server, which I have installed. So I installed Remote Debugger x64 on this computer and tried to debug remotely.

3 w3wp.exe are running on this computer . But I tried to connect to each of them, and every time I make my break point, say:

Currently, the breakpoint will not be deleted. No characters have been loaded for this document.

When I create, I output all the files from the assembly to the plug-in folder on the TFS machine. Should I keep a local file for loading characters? Is it possible to manually specify a symbol file? What is a symbol file?

Update: I got it to work on several runs. But now it does not work again. (TFS works and works, but breakpoints give me the message above).

Answer 1

Figured it out.

• Go to the "Debugging-> Options and Settings" section.
• Select the Symbols option on the left.
• Add a new character file location (to the location where you are deploying)
• Select download all characters.

RESULT: disabled breakpoints enabled