RSSDK: Debugging in VB RobotStudio addin project

John Wiberg

How to get the debugging events working in a VB.NET Visual Studio project
for RobotStudio addins

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Prerequisite

To be able to make the project automatically copy your dll
into the correct RobotStudio folder you need to run Visual Studio as
Administrator. So to be able to take advantage of the instruction below you
need to be local administrator on your machine.

Then right click the Visual Studio link and select Run As
Administrator.

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If you are not running as administrator you will get a build
error when the copy fails.

If you do not have the correct privileges then you need to
manually copy the dll to the RobotStudio addins folder, but you can still have
the debug through the Start External Program.

 

Instruction

1.      
Right click the project and select [Properties]

2.      
In the [Debug] tab, make sure that the [Start
external program] is set to the correct version of RS

3.      
In the [Compile] tab, click the [Build Events]
button

4.      
In the [Post-build event command line] textbox
enter

XCopy /y "$(TargetPath)" "C:Program FilesCommon FilesABB
Industrial ITRobotics ITRobotStudioAddins"

5.      
Set some breakpoints in your code.

6.      
Start Debugging [F5]

It will start RobotStudio automatically ?_" load the addin - and
break at the breakpoints.