Debugging Plug ins
Firstly, I’m using Visual Studio 2005. I haven’t done this in any other version so there’s no point in me trying to write about it - please comment if you have and whether these steps differ. Code needs to be deployed with the debug symbols (.pdb file) which must reside in the same directory as your dll assembly - this necessitates registering the plug-in using the “on disk” method - so my dll and pdb files were saved to Program Files\Microsoft CRM\Server\bin\assembly To avoid “file in use” errors when copying dlls from my development directory to my development deployment, I added an “iisreset” command into my Post-Build script in Visual Studio, in addition to an xcopy to move the files where i need them. Since I ran an iisreset, I need to refresh any CRM page after registration to ensure that the w3wp process is available for the debugger to attach to. Once registered, go back to Visual Studio and select Debug > Attach the Process and then select the w3wp.exe process from the