“binary was not built with debug information ” warning meaning in mfc application?

Question

I am getting the following Warning when i run my Windows Application(MFC) in Windows 7.

'XXX.exe': Loaded 'C:\2010\Debug\bin\plugins\control\libhotkeys_plugin.dll', Binary was not built with debug information.

Please Help Me out.Thank You

Answer 1

It seems that your binary was build in Release mode

Now there are two ways which you can follow....

• build the binary with "Debug" configuration

• change the project settings so that a Program Database file (PDB) is generated in the release mode.

  Now you can generate PDB from the property window...

Answer 2

If your project is already in Debug mode. Please check Advanced Build Settings Dialog Box in Build tab of project.

Make sure that Debug Info is not set to none

Reference:

Stackoverflow

MSDN

Answer 3

Another possible way you can see this error is if you're attempting to debug native code (C++) from managed code (C#) and the manage code's csproj is set to Native Only debugging. To fix it:

1. Right click your csproj in VS and choose Properties
2. On the Debug tab, set the Debugger type - Application process: to Mixed (Managed and Native)

Answer 4

In VS 2010 : Project Properties >> Configuration Properties >> Linker >> Debugging >> Generate Debug Info : Set it as "Yes"

In VS 2015 : Project Properties >> Configuration Properties >> Linker >> Debugging >> Generate Debug Info : Set it as "true"