Mixed debugging doesn't work with C++/CLI

[adammarks]

I normally setup mixed debugging so I can debug both native and managed code

But when I do this I get this error when I hit my C++/CLI code ( when I do a Help->About in the app )

I think this makes sense because "Mixed" debugging would normally probably mean Native + Managed .Net Framework.

I don't see an option for Native + Managed .Net Core though

[mjrousos]

Thanks for flagging this, @adammarks. I've run into it, as well.

@nguerrera, do you know what the expectation is for mixed-mode native/.NET Core debugging? As Adam points out, it doesn't seem to work well at the moment. Is there a place in a Microsoft repo we should be tracking this issue?

[nguerrera]

Hmm, thanks for reporting, there is an option for mixed native + core when you do devenv /debugexe (which I use a bunch to debug mixed) and I think on attach as well. This might be an issue with the property pages.

[nguerrera]

@olgaark Is there something missing to have the option for mixed (native + core) shown in the property pages? Is there a manual equivalent that can be done in the vcxproj in the meantime?

[mjrousos]

According to @olgaark, this will be fixed in 16.5 preview 2 (though there's a known issue with hitting native breakpoints before managed code runs).

[adammarks]

This is fixed now, there is a Mixed ( .NET Core ) option now: