How to write a custom native Visual Studio visualizer DLL for a class in another DLL
I looked at this great answer.
However as soon as I change the setup as following:
- create a DLL with a class called JulianDate
- put the visualiser inside its own project
- create a separate solution instantiating the class JulianDate
This does not seem to work anymore. As soon as I add the visualiser formatter for the class JulianDate, the visualiser stops working altogether for all classes. I tried copying all the DLL files in this folder but to no avail:
- C:Users\DocumentsVisual Studio 2013Visualizers
Here is the code sample for JulianDate.h which I put in its own dll.
#if defined(DATELIB_EXPORTS) // inside DLL
# define DATELIB_API __declspec(dllexport)
#else // outside DLL
# define DATELIB_API __declspec(dllimport)
#endif // XYZLIBRARY_EXPORT
class DATELIB_API JulianDate {
public:
JulianDate() : m_date(0) {}
JulianDate(unsigned long dt) : m_date(dt) {}
unsigned long get_date() { return m_date; }
private:
unsigned long m_date;
};
Here is the updated code for the visualiser/formatter, just adding JulianDateFormatter
seems to cause some issues in the visualiser:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "JulianDate.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#define ADDIN_API __declspec(dllexport)
typedef struct tagDEBUGHELPER
{
DWORD dwVersion;
HRESULT(WINAPI *ReadDebuggeeMemory)(struct tagDEBUGHELPER *pThis, DWORD dwAddr, DWORD nWant, VOID* pWhere, DWORD *nGot);
// from here only when dwVersion >= 0x20000
DWORDLONG(WINAPI *GetRealAddress)(struct tagDEBUGHELPER *pThis);
HRESULT(WINAPI *ReadDebuggeeMemoryEx)(struct tagDEBUGHELPER *pThis, DWORDLONG qwAddr, DWORD nWant, VOID* pWhere, DWORD *nGot);
int (WINAPI *GetProcessorType)(struct tagDEBUGHELPER *pThis);
} DEBUGHELPER;
typedef HRESULT(WINAPI *CUSTOMVIEWER)(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved);
extern "C" ADDIN_API HRESULT MyClassFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved);
extern "C" ADDIN_API HRESULT MyStructFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved);
extern "C" ADDIN_API HRESULT JulianDateFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved);
class MyClass
{
public:
int publicInt;
};
struct MyStruct { int i; };
ADDIN_API HRESULT MyClassFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved)
{
MyClass c;
DWORD nGot;
pHelper->ReadDebuggeeMemory(pHelper, dwAddress, sizeof(MyClass), &c, &nGot);
sprintf_s(pResult, max, "Dll MyClass: max=%d nGot=%d MyClass=%x publicInt=%d", max, nGot, dwAddress, c.publicInt);
return S_OK;
}
ADDIN_API HRESULT MyStructFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved)
{
MyStruct s;
DWORD nGot;
pHelper->ReadDebuggeeMemory(pHelper, dwAddress, sizeof(MyStruct), &s, &nGot);
sprintf_s(pResult, max, "Dll MyStruct: max=%d nGot=%d MyStruct=%x i=%d", max, nGot, dwAddress, s.i);
return S_OK;
}
ADDIN_API HRESULT JulianDateFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved)
{
JulianDate s;
DWORD nGot;
pHelper->ReadDebuggeeMemory(pHelper, dwAddress, sizeof(JulianDate), &s, &nGot);
sprintf_s(pResult, max, "Dll JulianDate: max=%d nGot=%d MyStruct=%x i=%d", max, nGot, dwAddress, s.get_date());
return S_OK;
}
Here is the main I used to debug the visualiser:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include "JulianDate.h"
class MyClass
{
public:
int publicInt;
};
struct MyStruct { int i; };
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv)
{
struct MyStruct s = { 1234 };
std::cout << s.i << std::endl;
MyClass *c = new MyClass;
c->publicInt = 1234;
std::cout << c->publicInt << std::endl;
JulianDate d(20);
return 0;
}
How can I figure what's going on ?
c++ visual-studio
add a comment |
I looked at this great answer.
However as soon as I change the setup as following:
- create a DLL with a class called JulianDate
- put the visualiser inside its own project
- create a separate solution instantiating the class JulianDate
This does not seem to work anymore. As soon as I add the visualiser formatter for the class JulianDate, the visualiser stops working altogether for all classes. I tried copying all the DLL files in this folder but to no avail:
- C:Users\DocumentsVisual Studio 2013Visualizers
Here is the code sample for JulianDate.h which I put in its own dll.
#if defined(DATELIB_EXPORTS) // inside DLL
# define DATELIB_API __declspec(dllexport)
#else // outside DLL
# define DATELIB_API __declspec(dllimport)
#endif // XYZLIBRARY_EXPORT
class DATELIB_API JulianDate {
public:
JulianDate() : m_date(0) {}
JulianDate(unsigned long dt) : m_date(dt) {}
unsigned long get_date() { return m_date; }
private:
unsigned long m_date;
};
Here is the updated code for the visualiser/formatter, just adding JulianDateFormatter
seems to cause some issues in the visualiser:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "JulianDate.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#define ADDIN_API __declspec(dllexport)
typedef struct tagDEBUGHELPER
{
DWORD dwVersion;
HRESULT(WINAPI *ReadDebuggeeMemory)(struct tagDEBUGHELPER *pThis, DWORD dwAddr, DWORD nWant, VOID* pWhere, DWORD *nGot);
// from here only when dwVersion >= 0x20000
DWORDLONG(WINAPI *GetRealAddress)(struct tagDEBUGHELPER *pThis);
HRESULT(WINAPI *ReadDebuggeeMemoryEx)(struct tagDEBUGHELPER *pThis, DWORDLONG qwAddr, DWORD nWant, VOID* pWhere, DWORD *nGot);
int (WINAPI *GetProcessorType)(struct tagDEBUGHELPER *pThis);
} DEBUGHELPER;
typedef HRESULT(WINAPI *CUSTOMVIEWER)(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved);
extern "C" ADDIN_API HRESULT MyClassFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved);
extern "C" ADDIN_API HRESULT MyStructFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved);
extern "C" ADDIN_API HRESULT JulianDateFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved);
class MyClass
{
public:
int publicInt;
};
struct MyStruct { int i; };
ADDIN_API HRESULT MyClassFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved)
{
MyClass c;
DWORD nGot;
pHelper->ReadDebuggeeMemory(pHelper, dwAddress, sizeof(MyClass), &c, &nGot);
sprintf_s(pResult, max, "Dll MyClass: max=%d nGot=%d MyClass=%x publicInt=%d", max, nGot, dwAddress, c.publicInt);
return S_OK;
}
ADDIN_API HRESULT MyStructFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved)
{
MyStruct s;
DWORD nGot;
pHelper->ReadDebuggeeMemory(pHelper, dwAddress, sizeof(MyStruct), &s, &nGot);
sprintf_s(pResult, max, "Dll MyStruct: max=%d nGot=%d MyStruct=%x i=%d", max, nGot, dwAddress, s.i);
return S_OK;
}
ADDIN_API HRESULT JulianDateFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved)
{
JulianDate s;
DWORD nGot;
pHelper->ReadDebuggeeMemory(pHelper, dwAddress, sizeof(JulianDate), &s, &nGot);
sprintf_s(pResult, max, "Dll JulianDate: max=%d nGot=%d MyStruct=%x i=%d", max, nGot, dwAddress, s.get_date());
return S_OK;
}
Here is the main I used to debug the visualiser:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include "JulianDate.h"
class MyClass
{
public:
int publicInt;
};
struct MyStruct { int i; };
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv)
{
struct MyStruct s = { 1234 };
std::cout << s.i << std::endl;
MyClass *c = new MyClass;
c->publicInt = 1234;
std::cout << c->publicInt << std::endl;
JulianDate d(20);
return 0;
}
How can I figure what's going on ?
c++ visual-studio
add a comment |
I looked at this great answer.
However as soon as I change the setup as following:
- create a DLL with a class called JulianDate
- put the visualiser inside its own project
- create a separate solution instantiating the class JulianDate
This does not seem to work anymore. As soon as I add the visualiser formatter for the class JulianDate, the visualiser stops working altogether for all classes. I tried copying all the DLL files in this folder but to no avail:
- C:Users\DocumentsVisual Studio 2013Visualizers
Here is the code sample for JulianDate.h which I put in its own dll.
#if defined(DATELIB_EXPORTS) // inside DLL
# define DATELIB_API __declspec(dllexport)
#else // outside DLL
# define DATELIB_API __declspec(dllimport)
#endif // XYZLIBRARY_EXPORT
class DATELIB_API JulianDate {
public:
JulianDate() : m_date(0) {}
JulianDate(unsigned long dt) : m_date(dt) {}
unsigned long get_date() { return m_date; }
private:
unsigned long m_date;
};
Here is the updated code for the visualiser/formatter, just adding JulianDateFormatter
seems to cause some issues in the visualiser:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "JulianDate.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#define ADDIN_API __declspec(dllexport)
typedef struct tagDEBUGHELPER
{
DWORD dwVersion;
HRESULT(WINAPI *ReadDebuggeeMemory)(struct tagDEBUGHELPER *pThis, DWORD dwAddr, DWORD nWant, VOID* pWhere, DWORD *nGot);
// from here only when dwVersion >= 0x20000
DWORDLONG(WINAPI *GetRealAddress)(struct tagDEBUGHELPER *pThis);
HRESULT(WINAPI *ReadDebuggeeMemoryEx)(struct tagDEBUGHELPER *pThis, DWORDLONG qwAddr, DWORD nWant, VOID* pWhere, DWORD *nGot);
int (WINAPI *GetProcessorType)(struct tagDEBUGHELPER *pThis);
} DEBUGHELPER;
typedef HRESULT(WINAPI *CUSTOMVIEWER)(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved);
extern "C" ADDIN_API HRESULT MyClassFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved);
extern "C" ADDIN_API HRESULT MyStructFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved);
extern "C" ADDIN_API HRESULT JulianDateFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved);
class MyClass
{
public:
int publicInt;
};
struct MyStruct { int i; };
ADDIN_API HRESULT MyClassFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved)
{
MyClass c;
DWORD nGot;
pHelper->ReadDebuggeeMemory(pHelper, dwAddress, sizeof(MyClass), &c, &nGot);
sprintf_s(pResult, max, "Dll MyClass: max=%d nGot=%d MyClass=%x publicInt=%d", max, nGot, dwAddress, c.publicInt);
return S_OK;
}
ADDIN_API HRESULT MyStructFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved)
{
MyStruct s;
DWORD nGot;
pHelper->ReadDebuggeeMemory(pHelper, dwAddress, sizeof(MyStruct), &s, &nGot);
sprintf_s(pResult, max, "Dll MyStruct: max=%d nGot=%d MyStruct=%x i=%d", max, nGot, dwAddress, s.i);
return S_OK;
}
ADDIN_API HRESULT JulianDateFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved)
{
JulianDate s;
DWORD nGot;
pHelper->ReadDebuggeeMemory(pHelper, dwAddress, sizeof(JulianDate), &s, &nGot);
sprintf_s(pResult, max, "Dll JulianDate: max=%d nGot=%d MyStruct=%x i=%d", max, nGot, dwAddress, s.get_date());
return S_OK;
}
Here is the main I used to debug the visualiser:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include "JulianDate.h"
class MyClass
{
public:
int publicInt;
};
struct MyStruct { int i; };
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv)
{
struct MyStruct s = { 1234 };
std::cout << s.i << std::endl;
MyClass *c = new MyClass;
c->publicInt = 1234;
std::cout << c->publicInt << std::endl;
JulianDate d(20);
return 0;
}
How can I figure what's going on ?
c++ visual-studio
I looked at this great answer.
However as soon as I change the setup as following:
- create a DLL with a class called JulianDate
- put the visualiser inside its own project
- create a separate solution instantiating the class JulianDate
This does not seem to work anymore. As soon as I add the visualiser formatter for the class JulianDate, the visualiser stops working altogether for all classes. I tried copying all the DLL files in this folder but to no avail:
- C:Users\DocumentsVisual Studio 2013Visualizers
Here is the code sample for JulianDate.h which I put in its own dll.
#if defined(DATELIB_EXPORTS) // inside DLL
# define DATELIB_API __declspec(dllexport)
#else // outside DLL
# define DATELIB_API __declspec(dllimport)
#endif // XYZLIBRARY_EXPORT
class DATELIB_API JulianDate {
public:
JulianDate() : m_date(0) {}
JulianDate(unsigned long dt) : m_date(dt) {}
unsigned long get_date() { return m_date; }
private:
unsigned long m_date;
};
Here is the updated code for the visualiser/formatter, just adding JulianDateFormatter
seems to cause some issues in the visualiser:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "JulianDate.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#define ADDIN_API __declspec(dllexport)
typedef struct tagDEBUGHELPER
{
DWORD dwVersion;
HRESULT(WINAPI *ReadDebuggeeMemory)(struct tagDEBUGHELPER *pThis, DWORD dwAddr, DWORD nWant, VOID* pWhere, DWORD *nGot);
// from here only when dwVersion >= 0x20000
DWORDLONG(WINAPI *GetRealAddress)(struct tagDEBUGHELPER *pThis);
HRESULT(WINAPI *ReadDebuggeeMemoryEx)(struct tagDEBUGHELPER *pThis, DWORDLONG qwAddr, DWORD nWant, VOID* pWhere, DWORD *nGot);
int (WINAPI *GetProcessorType)(struct tagDEBUGHELPER *pThis);
} DEBUGHELPER;
typedef HRESULT(WINAPI *CUSTOMVIEWER)(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved);
extern "C" ADDIN_API HRESULT MyClassFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved);
extern "C" ADDIN_API HRESULT MyStructFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved);
extern "C" ADDIN_API HRESULT JulianDateFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved);
class MyClass
{
public:
int publicInt;
};
struct MyStruct { int i; };
ADDIN_API HRESULT MyClassFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved)
{
MyClass c;
DWORD nGot;
pHelper->ReadDebuggeeMemory(pHelper, dwAddress, sizeof(MyClass), &c, &nGot);
sprintf_s(pResult, max, "Dll MyClass: max=%d nGot=%d MyClass=%x publicInt=%d", max, nGot, dwAddress, c.publicInt);
return S_OK;
}
ADDIN_API HRESULT MyStructFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved)
{
MyStruct s;
DWORD nGot;
pHelper->ReadDebuggeeMemory(pHelper, dwAddress, sizeof(MyStruct), &s, &nGot);
sprintf_s(pResult, max, "Dll MyStruct: max=%d nGot=%d MyStruct=%x i=%d", max, nGot, dwAddress, s.i);
return S_OK;
}
ADDIN_API HRESULT JulianDateFormatter(DWORD dwAddress, DEBUGHELPER *pHelper, int nBase, BOOL bUniStrings, char *pResult, size_t max, DWORD reserved)
{
JulianDate s;
DWORD nGot;
pHelper->ReadDebuggeeMemory(pHelper, dwAddress, sizeof(JulianDate), &s, &nGot);
sprintf_s(pResult, max, "Dll JulianDate: max=%d nGot=%d MyStruct=%x i=%d", max, nGot, dwAddress, s.get_date());
return S_OK;
}
Here is the main I used to debug the visualiser:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include "JulianDate.h"
class MyClass
{
public:
int publicInt;
};
struct MyStruct { int i; };
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv)
{
struct MyStruct s = { 1234 };
std::cout << s.i << std::endl;
MyClass *c = new MyClass;
c->publicInt = 1234;
std::cout << c->publicInt << std::endl;
JulianDate d(20);
return 0;
}
How can I figure what's going on ?
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asked Nov 21 '18 at 21:00
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