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DebuggerStepThroughAttribute Class

.NET Framework 2.0

Specifies the DebuggerStepThroughAttribute. This class cannot be inherited.

Namespace: System.Diagnostics
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

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[SerializableAttribute] 
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class|AttributeTargets.Struct|AttributeTargets.Constructor|AttributeTargets.Method, Inherited=false)] 
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)] 
public sealed class DebuggerStepThroughAttribute : Attribute
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/** @attribute SerializableAttribute() */ 
/** @attribute AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class|AttributeTargets.Struct|AttributeTargets.Constructor|AttributeTargets.Method, Inherited=false) */ 
/** @attribute ComVisibleAttribute(true) */ 
public final class DebuggerStepThroughAttribute extends Attribute
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SerializableAttribute 
AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class|AttributeTargets.Struct|AttributeTargets.Constructor|AttributeTargets.Method, Inherited=false) 
ComVisibleAttribute(true) 
public final class DebuggerStepThroughAttribute extends Attribute

The common language runtime attaches no semantics to this attribute. It is provided for use by source code debuggers. For example, the Visual Studio 2005 debugger does not stop in a method marked with this attribute but does allow a breakpoint to be set in the method.

For more information about using attributes, see Extending Metadata Using Attributes.

System.Object
   System.Attribute
    System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.0
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Unavoidable consequences of attribute applied through XSD tool

This attribute is applied to classes generated by the XSD tool. I ran into trouble debugging a constructor I created for one of these partial classes with this attribute. Unfortunately it took the help of MS to identify why I was getting such odd behavior debugging. The work around is to comment out the attribute in the generated file while you debug.

If it was possible to allow debugging to occur on cetain methods it would be more useful.

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Wouldn't it be great
This would be even more useful if it could be applied to properties.
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