Chapter 3 Debugging Your Code

Figure 3-53.  Attach to Process

The available processes list allows you to select the process you want to attach to. You can quickly find the process you want by typing the name in the filter process text box.

You can, for example, attach to the w3wp.exe process to debug a web application running on IIS. To debug a C#, VB.NET, or C++ application on the local machine, you can use the Attach to Process by selecting the <appname>.exe from the available processes list (where <appname> is the name of your application).

Attach to a Remote Process

To debug a process running on a remote computer, select Debug and click Attach to Process menu, or hold down Ctrl+Alt+P to open the Attach to Process window. This time, select the remote computer name in the Connection target by selecting it from the dropdown list or typing the name in the connection target text box and pressing Enter.

If you are unable to connect to the remote computer using the computer name, use the IP and port address.

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