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WinForms App C# Stack trace has no line numbers
I have a C# project built with Visual Studio 2019. In the Build options I have selected "PDB-only" for Debugging information (but tried also "Full"). When creating App Packages I check "Include publ...
Aditi_Narvekar
Microsoft
MicrosoftTypically getting line numbers in exception stack traces requires the runtime to be able to find the symbols for the binaries. Release builds should produce symbols. You may also be interested in embedding the symbols. See the “DebugType” property in the MSBuild documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/common-msbuild-project-properties?view=vs-2022
To avoid any misunderstanding: you are talking about the setting "Debugging information" in screen "Advanced Build Settings" of Project properties, right?
I tried all the settings there. Using "Full" or "PDB only" a PDB-file is created and I get line numbers when I start the program from Release folder - but not when I start it from the installed MSIX-package. Using "Embedded" or "Portable" I even do not get line numbers when I start the program from Release folder.
According to my understanding, it is not a problem of building the program. It is a problem, that the PDB file - allthough created - does not get installed with the MSIX-package.
I tried all the settings there. Using "Full" or "PDB only" a PDB-file is created and I get line numbers when I start the program from Release folder - but not when I start it from the installed MSIX-package. Using "Embedded" or "Portable" I even do not get line numbers when I start the program from Release folder.
According to my understanding, it is not a problem of building the program. It is a problem, that the PDB file - allthough created - does not get installed with the MSIX-package.
- Aditi_Narvekar
Nwagner2225 basically this is by design. Store does not like packages with pdbs for policy.
per docs here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/package/packaging-uwp-apps
Symbols for appx package are compressed as .appxsym(as part of .appxupload) and will only be used in Partner center for crash analysis
- @ Aditi_Narvekar thanks for this information.
Currently I am using Microsoft AppCenter for crash reporting - and there I do not get the line numbers. In Partner center I see that there was a crash, but without any details, just "Unknown". If I remove AppCenter, will I get more details in Partner center? In general I like AppCenter, because it helps tracking the errors. But if I can get line numbers in Partner center ...- Aditi_NarvekarI don't believe that will help. But maybe you can try it