{"id":61,"date":"2012-06-11T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T05:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2012-06-11T10:36:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T05:06:00","slug":"how-to-debug-plugins-using-profiler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/how-to-debug-plugins-using-profiler\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Debug Plugins using Profiler"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One can<\/span> debug <\/span>CRM plug ins <\/span>without connecting to CRM server or without remote debugging.<\/span><\/div>\n
Here are the steps as in how you can use Profiler for debugging plug ins: <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 1><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Connect to CRM using plugin registration tool of March SDK 2012.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>C<\/span>lick on Install Profiler <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 3><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>You will find a new node attached to registered plugins \u201cPlugin Profiler\u201d. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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4><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Select a plug-in step and click Profile to enable profiling.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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5><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Then start your plugin from MSCRM i.e if your plugin is on update perform\u00a0 update\u00a0operation and download the error file. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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6><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Then in Visual Studio attach to process \u201cplugin registeration.exe\u201d. Add the breakpoint\u00a0 from where you would like to debug.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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7><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Then click on Debug in plugin registration tool.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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8><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>In Profile location provide the path of the error log of the plugin. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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9><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>In Assembly location provide the dll of the plugin from which you got error. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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10><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Then select the Plugin class from Plug-in. This drop down will contains all classes present in the dll. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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11><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>To start debugging just click on Start Plug-in Execution.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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One can debug CRM plug ins without connecting to CRM server or without remote debugging. Here are the steps as in how you can use Profiler for debugging plug ins: \u00a0\u00a0 1>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Connect to CRM using plugin registration tool of March SDK 2012. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a02>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Click on Install Profiler   \u00a0\u00a0 3>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You will find a\u2026 Read More: How to Debug Plugins using Profiler »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,42],"tags":[488,1330,1374],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dynamics-crm-2011","category-plugin","tag-debugging","tag-plugins","tag-profiler"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t