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Desktop Bridge Debugging Project

Desktop Bridge Debugging Project

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A Project that enables a Classic Windows application to be debugged as a Universal Windows Platform application
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This extension to Visual Studio 2017 adds support to help build and test Win32/.NET applications you might have packaged into an APPX manually or using the Desktop App Converter.

  • A new project type with a configuration file you can modify to enable Visual Studio to deploy any updates you make to the binaries from editing your Win32/.NET projects directly into any existing AppX for testing purposes.
  • You can launch and debug the AppX directly from within Visual Studio when you hit F5. You can set a break point in your Win32/.NET code and step thru your code.

More information: Deploy and debug your converted UWP app 

What's new in this version (0.3.1)

  • Enable configuration for Native debugging
  • Mantain the app state when using relative paths
  • Show debugger configuration in the properties page after re-opening the project

What's new in this version (0.3)

  • New name that better reflects the purpose of the extension
  • PackageLayout property is stored in the project file (vsdproj) instead of the .user file

What's new in this version (0.2)

  • Allows specific of the Package Layout as a relative path
  • Addresses an issue where Visual Studio automatically converts the Desktop to UWP Packaging project type to a default C# project type.
  • Better error reporting when files specified in the manifest are not found in the project.

Known Issues

  • Projects created with the previous version of the extension (0.1) need to be manually upgraded : Add the following ProjectTypeGuid property to the first property group in the .vsdproj file:

 

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<ProjectTypeGuids>{365BE41E-7993-430D-A5E6-1381A54BC077};{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}</ProjectTypeGuids>
<ProjectTypeGuids>{365BE41E-7993-430D-A5E6-1381A54BC077};{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}</ProjectTypeGuids>
 
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