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How to debug add-ins (ArcObjects .NET 10.8 SDK)
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How to debug add-ins


Debugging add-ins

To debug an add-in, follow these steps:
  1. Confirm that the add-in is deployed to the well known folder where the Desktop applications will access it. Typically this is already done because add-ins created with the ESRI Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) template are automatically deployed each time they are built.
  2. Establish the target application in the project debug settings dialog box. For example, to use ArcMap.exe as the debugging application, do the following: 
    1. Right-click the add-in project in the Solution Explorer window and click Properties. 
    2. Click the Debug tab on the property page. 
    3. Under Start Action, click the Start external program radio button to use ArcMap.exe in the Bin folder of your ArcGIS install directory as shown in the following screen shot:

Once an add-in has been loaded in an application, subsequent changes to the add-in project will not appear until the running application is restarted.






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