Can I know what was the last step in visual studio 2003 debugging?

Question

I have to fix asp.net application in visual studio 2003, Is there a way to see the previous step before the breakpoint? Thanks!

Answer 1

There are a finite number of places where the function can be called. And since .NET is statically typed, the compiler knows all of them. Visual Studio 2003 is ancient so I'm not 100% familiar with the debugger's capabilities, but there are some things you can try:

• The debugger might have a "call stack" that shows where the call to the function was made. This would allow you to find the calling code and place a breakpoint there.
• Throwing an exception as a temporary debugging measure will also give you a stack trace to show you what code is calling the function, so you can find it and place a breakpoint there.
• If you right-click on the function name, is there an option to "find all references"? That would tell you all of the locations in the code which call that function.