How to write a custom native Visual Studio visualizer DLL for a class in another DLL












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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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    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;
    }


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      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 ?










      share|improve this question














      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;
      }


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