Professional IronPython

Debugging with the CLR Debugger
 
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3.
Click the ellipsis (...) in the Program field and use the Find Program to Debug dialog box to 
locate the 
IPY.EXE
file. Click Open to add the 
IPY.EXE
information to the dialog box.
4.
Type –D 
NameOfScript.py in the Arguments field (the example uses 
–D ShowFilters2 
.py
). Type any additional command line arguments you want to use while working with the 
application.
5.
Click the ellipses in the Working Directory field and use the Browse for Working Directory 
dialog box to locate the script directory (not the 
IPY.EXE
directory). Click Open to select the 
working directory.
6.
Click OK. The CLR debugger prepares the debugging environment. However, you don’t see 
any files opened. You must open any files you wish to interact with as a separate step.
7.
Choose File
➤➤➪➤➤
Open
➤➤➪➤➤
File. Locate the source files you want to debug (
ShowFilters2.py
for the example). Click Open. You see the source file opened in the Microsoft CLR Debugger 
window. Figure 12-11 shows an example of how your display should look when working 
with the example. (The figure shows the debugger in debugging mode.)
FIgURE 12-11: 
Open the source files you want to debug.
At this point, you can begin working with the script just as you would with the Visual Studio debugger. 
The next section, “Using Visual Studio for IronPython Debugging,” discusses this debugger in more 
detail. Make sure you review the debugger basics described in the “Debugging the Project” section of 
Chapter 2 as well.
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