Determines whether the calling process is being debugged by a user-mode debugger.
Syntax
BOOL WINAPI IsDebuggerPresent(void);
Parameters
This function has no parameters.
Return Value
If the current process is running in the context of a debugger, the return value is nonzero.
If the current process is not running in the context of a debugger, the return value is zero.
Remarks
This function allows an application to determine whether or not it is being debugged, so that it can modify its behavior. For example, an application could provide additional information using the
OutputDebugString function if it is being debugged.
To determine whether a remote process is being debugged, use the CheckRemoteDebuggerPresent function.
To compile an application that uses this function, define the _WIN32_WINNT macro as 0x0400 or later. For more information, see
Using the Windows Headers.
Requirements
| Minimum supported client | Windows 2000 Professional |
| Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server |
| Header | Winbase.h (include Windows.h) |
| Library | Kernel32.lib |
| DLL | Kernel32.dll |
See Also
- CheckRemoteDebuggerPresent
- Debugging Functions
- OutputDebugString
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