Writing a Custom Debugger on Windows

Wed, 13 Aug 2014 05:22:38 +0000

Recently I had to debug an intermittent access violation exception in one of my AutoCAD plug-ins. I needed to get the exception while the debugger was attached so I could break the process and analyze the state of memory before AutoCAD’s global exception handler got control. Unfortunately, sometimes it took several hundred runs before the exception occurred.

AutoCAD 2015: Managing the Application Manager

Wed, 26 Mar 2014 21:49:04 +0000

AutoCAD 2015 includes a new feature called Application Manager. I’m sure it serves a lofty purpose, but it comes across a lot like the slimy Norton and Adobe updaters that are really just Trojans in disguise. It gets installed by default, with no option to prevent installation. To Autodesk’s credit, they do provide instructions for preventing installation of Application Manager, and instructions for removing it after the fact. Uninstalling requires several additional clicks, as if they really, really want you to think twice before taking such a drastic measure.

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Writing a Custom Debugger on Windows

AutoCAD 2015: Managing the Application Manager