How to: Configure Visual Studio to Debug a XAML Browser Application

PresentationHost.exe manages the execution of XBAPs and provides facilities for debugging.

Configuring Visual Studio

To configure Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 to debug an XBAP

  1. With a project selected in Solution Explorer, on the Project menu, click Properties.

  2. In the Project Designer, click the Debug tab.

  3. In the Start Action section, select Start external program and enter the following:

    C:\WINDOWS\System32\PresentationHost.exe

  4. In the Start Options section, enter the following into the Command line arguments text box:

    -debug filename

    The filename value for the -debug parameter is the .xbap filename; for example:

    -debug c:\example.xbap

Note

This is the default configuration for solutions that are created with the Visual Studio 2005 XAML Browser Application (WPF) project template.

See Also

Concepts

Windows Presentation Foundation Host (PresentationHost.exe)

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