when sharepoint is executing, like whenwe are creating a list, site or whatever that belongs originally to sharepoint, can we go and debug what s happening and put break points, trace....etc
Thank you
Hi,
I'm presuming this is a web part or something you've written?
"If you're building a new Web Part, in order to debug it, you have to manually attach the Visual Studio debugger to the W3SVC.EXE process by selecting Debug -> Attached to Process... and then selecting one or more instances of the W3SVC.EXE process, and click Attach."
The above is taken from Andrew Connells blog post here where he also mentions a much nicer way to debug:
http://www.andrewconnell.com/blog/archive/2007/01/25/5855.aspx
Cheers
Nick
ps As with the other question it would be a little easier if you put a little more time into your question so we know exactly what it is you are asking
I mean sharepooint web parts. not something i created but sharepoint code itself?
Do they have any code behind or something like that available for debugging?
Thanks
All the code behind is compiled into the Microsoft.SharePoint.*.dll s. All of them are installed to the GAC and are compiled in the released mode. You would need debug symbols for debugging.
So you cannot debug Microsoft's code.
sorry let me tell u a specefic need for example:
I add a workflow in sharepoint designer, then I add a pause for a duration for one minute action for the workflow to pause for one minute. but when I start the workflow for an item in a list, the workflow pauses for ever and never terminates.
What I d like to do is to trace (or track) sharepoint to see what it s doing behind the scene and fix the problem why my workflow doesn t terminate after one minute.
2/ second question: why don t my workflow terminate after one minute?
Thank you.
I'm having exactly the same problem ...
i'm using the pause for duration step and i'm setting ti for one minute
but it pauses forever !!!
any help appreciated
thank you
try executing this in cmd prompt:
stsadm.exe -o execadmsvcjobs
now your worflow will execute in 10 minutes instead of forever.
Let me know if u succeed in chnaging it to one minute after
Take care
I also have workflows which pause forever.
rtaiss suggestion didn't help.
Any one?
what if u put a scheduled task in control panel: by putting this in a bat file
stsadm.exe -o execadmsvcjobs
"what if u put a scheduled task in control panel: by putting this in a bat file"
rtaiss please elaborate on the above?
Thanks in advance
u create a .bat file and u put the above instruction in it. Then in order to run every time, create a scheduled task in control panel that runs every minute or 2 minutes for example.
But I didn t get an accurate worrflow duration , it runs appriximately every 30 minutes if i put the pause for duration every 3 minutes.
It s still an issue here at the company 2. I think Microsoft admits that.
rtaiss
Thank you for the response. I'll let you know how it'll turn out.
The bug is well documented and admitted by MS in this link http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1160619&SiteID=1.
According to the link, there's supposed to be a hot fix, but only a few has access to it. I have a good source in MS who suppose to get me the fix. I'll post it if and when I ever get it.
