Debugger Objects

The automation object model provides a Debugger object that allows you to control the Visual Studio debugger. A Debugger instance can be obtained through the DTE.Debugger property:

Dim debugger As Debugger debugger = DTE.Debugger

With a valid Debugger object, you can

• Set breakpoints

• Start and stop the debugger for a given process

• Control the various execution stepping actions supported by the debugger such as Step Into, Step Over, and Step Out

• Issue the Run to Cursor command to the debugger

• Query the debugger for its current mode (for example, break mode, design mode, or run mode)

The following code starts the debugger if it isn't already started:

Dim debugger As Debugger2 debugger = DTE.Debugger If debugger.CurrentMode <> dbgDebugMode.dbgRunMode Then     debugger.Go() End If