FIX: VC Debugger Fails for WINCE App if Total DLLs Exceed Four (190800)

SYMPTOMS

The Visual C++ Debugger fails to start when a Windows CE application uses more than four DLLs with debug information. When you start the Debugger with Debug GO (F5), F10, or F11, the following type of error message appears for the .exe file and each of the DLLs:

The project '<Host project path >\myapp.exe' does not match the corresponding file on the remote machine.

After clicking all of the OK buttons, the debugger starts in unknown assembly code with no call stack information. You have to select Stop debugging from the Debug menu.

RESOLUTION

If you want to debug your application and the DLLs, keep the number of DLLs containing debug information to less than five.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in the Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual C++ 6.0.

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a simple Windows application or use the Generic sample. Add to this application, your DLL projects one at a time. Build the application and the DLLs with debug information. The Debugger works fine up to four DLLs. After you add the fifth DLL, the symptom described above occurs.

The application might run properly outside the debugger in the Handheld PC device if there is no other coding problem. Outside the debugger, the number of DLLs you can add to your application is dependent on the available program memory in the Handheld PC.