Hi, as Ryan suggests here I'm using external assemblies to code my custom business rules. My problem is that I don't know how to debug them (using breakpoints, quick watch etc.) while calling the business rules in the web client.

Can you help me out or at least push me in the right direction?

use reflector in Visual studio then place breakpoint in your code.. thats how I do mine

I'm afraid my employer won't pay for that.
Is there any free/opensource/cheap solution for that?

Here's what I tried yet:

1. Right click website in Solution Explorer
2. Add Reference
3. Projects

Empty list. No way to add a project here.

1. Tools > Options
2. Debugging
3. Unchecked "Enable Just My Code (Managed only)"

Nothing changed

1. Built the website from Visual Studio 2010 in configuration "Debug"
2. Ran it

Nothing

1. Attached Visual Studio directly to the w3wp.exe

Nothing

I usally open the assembly and then breakpoint in the code..

Here's how I debug an external assembly in the 7.5.4 SlxClient:

1. Deploy the SlxClient to an IIS website (i.e. do not run the website using Visual Studio).


2. Make sure the SlxClient website can be debugged (i.e. set "debug" to "true" in web.config).


3. open the external assembly with Visual Studio.


4. In VS, select the menu "Debug > Attach to Process...".


5. Select "Show process from all users" and "Show processes in all sessions" to see all processes.


6. Select the "w3wp.exe" process and click "Attach" (you may have two or three, just try all of them one at a time).


7. Set breakpoints as usual.

Regards,

       Marcos

This works just fine. Thanks alot!

It seems, I just approached from the wrong direction...