How do I use the MS DIA SDK from C#?

Question

I\'m trying to use the Microsoft Debug Interface Access SDK from C#. This is installed with Visual Studio, but the docs don\'t seem to mention how you use this from C#.

Answer 1

In case somebody has issues with the path, here is what worked for me for VS 2017.

1. Open x86_x64 Cross Tools Command Prompt (from start/programs/Visual Studio 2017 in Administrator mode)

2. cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional

3. midl /I "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\DIA SDK\idl";"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\DIA SDK\include" dia2.idl /tlb dia2.tlb

4. tlbimp dia2.tlb

The Dia2Lib.dll is now in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional folder.

Using it in C# code I got unregistered dll exception ! I had to run

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\DIA SDK\bin>regsvr32 msdia140.dll

to get this resolved