How can I avoid debugging into Boost source code in Visual Studio?

Question

Is there a way to exclude boost source code (or any other) from debuging? I don't want to step into boost internal source code.

for example:

boost::shared_ptr<Xyz> xyz(new Xyz());
xyz->someMethod();

when I want to step into Xyz::someMethod() using F11 the debugger first steps into boost/shared_ptr.hpp before I get into Xyz::someMethod()

Answer 1

Launch regedit and navigate to the following key:

Under a 32bit OS:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\NativeDE\StepOver

Under a 64bit OS:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\NativeDE\StepOver

Create a new string value there. Name it as you wish. Enter this as a content:

boost\:\:.*

(You need to restart Visual Studio.)

Answer 2

For Visual Studio 2012:

As described here, this information is stored in the file C:\Program Files[ (x86)]\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\Packages\Debugger\Visualizers\default.natstepfilter

For boost::shared_ptr, this here has helped:

<Function><Name>boost::shared_ptr&lt;.*</Name><Action>NoStepInto</Action></Function>