Preparing Files for Remote Debugging

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Executable files and symbol files must be copied to the remote machine after they are compiled. You must set the correct options on your local machine in order to generate these files.

To prepare files for debugging on a remote machine:

1. Open the project on your local machine.
2. For Delphi, choose Project > Options > Linker and assure that the Include remote debug symbols option is checked.This directs the compiler to generate a symbol file. The following extensions are used in symbol files (for Delphi projects).

Language	Debug symbol file extension
Delphi	.rsm
C++	.tds

Delphi Note: It is also important to remember when setting your project's compiler and linker options, that Optimization should be turned off, and Stack Frames turned on, just as when you are debugging locally. In the IDE Project Manager, you can double-click to select the Debug build, then right-click on it to check Compiler and Linker properties are set correctly for debugging.

3. Compile the project on your local machine.
4. Copy the executable files and symbol files for the project to the remote machine.
5. Choose Run > Load Process .
6. Specify the directory into which you copied the symbol files in the Debug symbols search path field.
7. Click OK.

See Also

• Overview of Remote Debugging
• Installing a Debugger on a Remote Machine
• Establishing a Connection for Remote Debugging
• Setting the Search Order for Debug Symbol Tables
• Debugger Options
• Debugger Symbol Tables