Key Concepts in the Debugging API

The common language runtime (CLR) debugging API provides interfaces that support debugging in the run-time environment, and enable a debugger to control and examine an application during debugging. The topics in this section describe these features in detail.

In This Section

• Debugging a Runtime Process
  Provides a step-by-step description of how a run-time process is debugged.

• Controlling a Program During Debugging
  Describes how a debugger uses the CLR debugging API to set breakpoints, to step through managed and unmanaged code, and to handle exceptions.

• Examining a Program During Debugging
  Describes how a debugger uses the CLR debugging API to access managed stack frames and evaluate expressions.

• Injecting Code Dynamically with the Debugging API
  Describes dynamic code injection, in which the CLR hijacks an active thread to execute code that was not present in the original portable executable (PE) file.

• Publishing Processes in the Debugging API
  Summarizes CLR process publishing interfaces, which enumerate and provide information about the processes and application domains on a computer.

• Security Considerations in the Debugging API
  Discusses security considerations for using the CLR debugging API

See Also

Concepts

CLR Debugging Overview

Debugging (Unmanaged API Reference)

Debugging in the .NET Framework

Pre-Conditions for CorDebug.idl Interfaces