Hi.

I am going to share some issues just in case someone is experiencing the same problem that I had.

I migrated some Arduino Eclipse projects to Visual Studio in order to test VisualMicro plugin and its debugging capabilities.

I've find the plugin very easy to install and use. Then, the next step was debug a simple project.

I tried Visual Studio 2010 + visual micro plugin + debug upgrade beta.

When I set debug configuration, it failed to complie. 

I tried moving to Visual Studio 2012 with the same results.

I was using Arduino IDE 1.0, and I installed 1.0.1, I created a new project and I could compile debug configuration flawlessly.

Now, I can set a breakpoint and Arduino program stops there, but It does not jump into the code. I have to look for the correct debugger configuration, but I think I am close to the solution.

Regards 

Hi, and thanks for your response.

Currently I'm using VS 2012.

I have enabled Break/pause and jump to code.

I was expecting to see an arrow on the line of the breakpoint. There is not an arrow but the program stops, and results windows shows that the program is stopped at the line specified. If I set two breakpoints and I push continue, the program runs until the next breakpoint.

If I try to go step by step (F10 or F11) VS reports that the project is not updated and tries to rebuild it. I've just read that this is not possible.

If I set messages when hit the breakpoint, they are showed in the results window correctly.

I've things to read and test, but it's a great tool!!

Now, I will try to import a bigger Eclipse project and I will report some extra info.

Regards 

In fact, with F10 & F11 VS shows a warning window and you can choose not to rebuild the project.

Regarding the yellow spot, don't worry very much about it. As you said, the line is highlighted and there is a message telling you the line where the execution is paused. It is enough information, the only thing is to get used not to have the yellow spot.