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Chapter 6: Debugging with Visual Studio 151

Figure 6-2 The Build (C#) and Compile (VB) Properties tab

Do a build of your application, which will produce various files suitable for debugging. To view these files, right-click the solution, project, or folder in Solution Explorer and select Open Folder in Windows Explorer. Then navigate to the bin\Debug folder, which should look similar to Figure 6-3.

There are four files in Figure 6-3, two for the application and two to support running in the debugger. DebugAndTestDemoCS.exe is the executable console application, which you might have already expected. A *.pdb file is a symbol file that helps synchronize the identifiers in your code with the executable file, making it easier to step through code with the VS debugger.

There are two files with vshost in their name, which are instrumental to the debugging process. A *.vshost file makes your application load faster during debugging, gives you the ability to test your application with different security configurations, and allows you to evaluate expressions while debugging. The vshost files are for debugging only, so you