"Steve B." wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I encountered some problem with the debugger of Visual 2005 with CF Apps.
>
> I finaly succeed in isolating hte problem. My application use a
> "FormManager" class that handle some common behaviours of all forms.
> This "FormManager" class also have a "StartApplication" methode which
> contains the Application.Run call. The "FormManager" class is located in a
> separate assembly inside the same solution, along other classes.
>
> So the "Main" method should look like this :
>
> static class Program
> {
> /// <summary>
> /// The main entry point for the application.
> /// </summary>
> [MTAThread]
> static void Main()
> {
> FormManager.Default.StartApplication("frmMain"); // Use some reflection to
> launch a new frmMain form
> }
> }
>
>
> If I keep the code exactly like this, I can't debug the code. When I launch
> the application with the F5 key, the application fires and immediatly close.
> The debugger then throw an error :
> "The remote connection to the device has been lost. Please verify the device
> connection and restart debugging", even I put a breakpoint in the main
> method.
>
> After some hours (too much :( ), I change the code to this :
>
> static class Program
> {
> /// <summary>
> /// The main entry point for the application.
> /// </summary>
> [MTAThread]
> static void Main()
> {
> string s = "";
> FormManager.Default.StartApplication("frmMain");
> }
> }
>
> The line "string s = "";" is enough to enable the debugger to work correctly
> !!!!
>
> I'm very surprised by this behaviour. Moreover this worked perfectly when
> the project was build with VS 2003 and CF 1.0.
>
> Do you have any idea about how correcting this behaviour ?
> May it be a VS 2005 bug ?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>
>