[cdt-debug-dev] CDT and Win32 debugging

[Edward Slattery <SLATTERY@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello, 
I have just started looking at the CDT
and trying to debug C++ applications. I need some help understanding the
current status.

I have MinGW  installed, so I have
GDB.

I can compile using G++, then debug
using GDB, but I foolishly wanted to try Microsoft VC6 and VC7.

I altered the compilation to use cl
and link from vc6, but then could not find any exe parser for windows other
than the PE parser, which I assumed
was for .NET PEs.

For VC6, I tried all combinations of
having a PDB, or putting the debug symols in the exe, using cv style etc,
but could find no combination in which gdb
would find the symbols.

I tried the same with VC7, and build
a /CLR executable (here there is no option to put the PDB in  the
EXE). Again no luck.

Is there a way of doing this? Is there
a parser for pre-.NET executable formats, and where should the symbols
be?

If not,  is anyone thinking of
using cordbg and interfacing it to the CDT? 

regards,

Ed Slattery
e-BIT( e-Business Integration Technologies) MP146
IBM Hursley Park, Winchester,  SO21 2JN, England
Telephone: +44 196 2816483 (external) 246483 (internal) 
Email: Edward Slattery/UK/IBM @ IBMGB, slattery@xxxxxxxxxx