Okay, I think I'm getting the hang of this.  Thanks for the help.

I have a couple more questions.

1. What is the appropriate organization of Python modules and packages
into Visual Studio projects and solutions?  I'm used to developing
heirarchies of packages.  A directory corresponds to a package, and each
directory contains supporting Python module files.  Should I make each
package it's own project in Visual Python?

2. What is a good way to organized unit testing with Visual Python?  I use
PyUnit (unittest).

3. Finally, these messages aren't showing up on visualpython-discuss.  Has
the archive moved?

Thanks,
-robert

<quote who="Eric Promislow"> 
>  Hello, Robert,
> 
>  I would use a second instance of vs.net to remote-attach to the
>  C++ driver code.  You would have had to install the native remote
>  debugger during setup, which for some inexplicable reason is one
>  of the few C++ components that does not get installed by default,
>  for both vs.net 2002 and 2003.
> 
>  Then I would typically insert a
> 
>    <<::MessageBox(0, _T("testing"), _T("my app name"), MB_OK);>>
> 
>  line near the beginning of the main C entry points I'm interested
>  in debugging.  When you get there, break into the C++ DLL code
>  from the second instance.  Once the debugger is hooked to the code, you
>  can either set breakpoints or hit existing ones.
> 
>  You have to run msvcmon.exe (available via
>  Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Visual Studio .NET
>  Tools\ Remote Debug Monitor from the 2002 start menu, similar steps for
>  2003) before you can attach with the Debug|Processes dialog.
> 
>  Regards,
>  Eric
> 
>  On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 03:35:11PM -0500, Robert Ferrell wrote:
> > I'm trying to debug a Python extension written in C.  I'm on Windows
> > 2000.
> >  I'm using Visual Studio .NET 2003, ActivePython and Visual Python.  I
> > made a "Solution" with 2 projects.  One of the projects is C code,
> > which contains the code for the extension.  That project builds a DLL.
> >  The other project contains a Python driver script which imports the
> > extension, and then calls methods in the extension.
> >
> > The problem I'm having is I have not found a way to debug the Python
> > driver script and the C extension code at the same time.  I can either
> > debug the Python driver or the extension, but not both.  If I set the
> > startup project to be the driver, then I can step through the Python.
> > But, I cannot step into my C code, and if I set breakpoints in the C
> > code they are ignored.  OR, I can set the startup project to be the
> > extension DLL, in which case I can step through the C code, but cannot
> > pop out to the driver script and see what is going on in the Python.
> >
> > How can I debug both pieces of code at the same time?
> >
> > thanks,
> > -robert
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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