Toggle “Break when an exception is thrown.” using macro or keyboard shortcut

Question

Edit: Visual Studio 2015\'s new exception window is so much faster than the old dialog that I no longer care as much about using a keyboard shortcut for i

Answer 1

First i initalized a timer an then i call the command Exception.Debug. The timer hit, when the modal dialog is openend. If you use Win 7 with deactivated UAC SendKeys with ALT-Key will fail...i don't know why.

i played a little bit...try this (VS2010 EN):

Imports System
Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
Imports EnvDTE90
Imports EnvDTE90a
Imports EnvDTE100
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

'...

Private WithEvents t As Timers.Timer
Private Sub t_Elapsed(ByVal ee As Object, ByVal dd As Timers.ElapsedEventArgs) Handles t.Elapsed
    t.Stop()
    ' Tastatureingaben simulieren
    System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait("{DOWN}")
    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1500) ' Pause wichtig zum Laden des Exceptionbaums
    System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait("%t")
    System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait("{ENTER}")
End Sub
Public Sub toggleCLRExceptions()
    If DTE.Solution.Count <= 0 Then
        MsgBox("Nicht ohne geöffnete Solution!")
        Exit Sub
    End If
    ' Timer wird benötigt, da der Dialog Modal ist
    ' und weitere Befehle im Macro werden erst nach beenden des Dialogs ausgeführt
    t = New Timers.Timer()
    t.Interval = 0.5
    t.Start()
    DTE.ExecuteCommand("Debug.Exceptions")
    'System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait("^%e") ' alternativ: STRG+ALT+e
    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(200)
    If isCLRExceptionsActive() Then
        MsgBox("BREAK @CLR-Exception", MsgBoxStyle.Information, "Info")
    Else
        MsgBox("NO BREAK @CLR-Exception", MsgBoxStyle.Information, "Info")
    End If
End Sub

Function isCLRExceptionsActive() As Boolean
    ' prüft, ob Setting Debug CLR-Exceptions aktiviert/deaktivert ist
    Dim dbg As EnvDTE100.Debugger5 = DTE.Debugger
    Dim exSettings As ExceptionSettings = dbg.ExceptionGroups.Item("Common Language Runtime Exceptions")
    Dim exSetting As ExceptionSetting
    Try
        exSetting = exSettings.Item("Common Language Runtime Exceptions")
    Catch ex As COMException
        If ex.ErrorCode = -2147352565 Then
            exSetting = exSettings.NewException("Common Language Runtime Exceptions", 0)
        End If
    End Try
    Return exSetting.BreakWhenThrown
End Function

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