how to run firefox under a debugger using visual studio 2010?

Question

i am new to firefox development so i completed first 2 steps given here https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Introduction

now in step 3 they are saying that run firefox under a debugger so please tell me how can i run firefox under a debugger or visual studio 2010 debugger?

i am also having firefox 9.0.1 installed on my system.

Answer 1

Mozilla have article about that : https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Debugging_Mozilla_on_Windows_FAQ

I hope this explains you what is needed.

Answer 2

The first step is to open VS.NET 2005 and then do File > Open > Project/Solution.... This will start the Open Dialog, and you should navigate to firefox.exe located in the dist\\bin directory within the objdir you specified in .mozconfig (eg, mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/firefox-objdir). [NOTE: for me that's C:\\proj\\mozilla\\firefox-objdir\\dist\\bin\\firefox.exe]

Read more here.. https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~david.humphrey/writing/debugging-firefox.html