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Getting Started (Debug Interface Access SDK)

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The Debug Interface Access (DIA) SDK supplies you with instructional documentation and a sample that illustrates how to use the DIA API. Use the interfaces and methods in the DIA SDK to develop custom applications that open the .pdb and .dbg files and search their content for symbols, values, attributes, addresses, and other debugging information. This SDK also provides reference tables for the properties associated with symbols found in C++ applications.

To make best use of the DIA SDK, you should be familiar with the following:

  • C++ programming language

  • COM programming

  • Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) for compiling the samples

    The DIA SDK is normally installed with Visual Studio and its default location is %VSINSTALLDIR%\DIA SDK\bin with associated subdirectories for additional processor architectures. For example,

    • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\DIA SDK\bin\msdia140.dll (x86)
    • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\DIA SDK\bin\amd64\msdia140.dll (amd64)
    • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\DIA SDK\bin\arm\msdia140.dll (arm)
    • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\DIA SDK\bin\arm64\msdia140.dll (arm64)

    Header: include\dia2.h

    Library: lib\diaguids.lib

    DLL: bin\msdia140.dll

    IDL: idl\dia2.idl

In This Section

Overview

Reviews the basic architecture of DIA.

Querying the .Pdb File

Provides step-by-step instructions on how to use the DIA API to query a .pdb file.

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