How to: Debug COM Servers
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Debugging COM server applications poses a unique set of problems that are not always easy to solve.
If you do not have or do not want to use debugging information for your container application, starting to debug the server application is a three-step process.
To debug a server application without container information
Start debugging the server as a normal application.
Set breakpoints as desired.
Start the container application.
See Also
COM and ActiveX Debugging
How to: Debug COM Clients and Servers Using RPC Debugging
COM Server and Container Debugging
Debugging in Visual Studio