Fody Costura and embedding PDBs - fody-costura

So, I've got a small console app and I've used Fody/Costura to embed all referenced dlls into it
So far so good.
The docs for Costura says that it'll also embed the PDBs into the exe, and it appears to do that.
BUT...
If I force an exception in the app and check the stack trace, the method names are there, but there is no line number information in the stack frames, which leads me to believe that iether the embedding didn't actually work, or that .net is not picking up the embedded PDB when a fault occurs and the stack trace is rendered.
Anyone have any ideas if this is even supposed to work the way I'm imagining it should?

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Incorrect reference DLL in Assembly Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection, Version 3.1.2.0

I am stuck at a strange issue in EntityFrameworkCore 3.1.2:
That is my application logging an error Further to my checks with .NET Reflector, I see that the assembly Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection, Version 3.1.2.0 indeed references 3.1.0.0 of Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions:
My application is targetted to net48.
I tried to narrow down the issue by writing a simple application, and it still gives the same error. Any help is much appreciated!
Edit: I figured out that the issue was caused by the fact that I have code in place to create an AppDomain and the faulting code was being executed inside that. I still don't know what is causing it. My assumption is the references should still work correctly inside a cusotm AppDomain.

EAccessViolation error when loading or switching desktops

I upgraded from 10.3 (Rio) to 10.4 (Sydney) (with side-by-side installs), now having IDE docking exception, e.g.
Loading the desktop from "C:\Users\gary.walker\AppData\Roaming\Embarcadero\BDS\21.0\Default Layout.dst" for doc host windows "DockSite3" failed with message:
"EAccessViolation: Access violation at address 50165CBF in module 'rtl270.bpl'. Read of address 33DEEBFF"
Deleting all .dst files has resolved the issue in at least one case (a coworker).
Also, when attempting to debug a program, I was having a hard failure during debug startup that prevented debugger use, before application began execution. I resolved this problem by copying my Default desktop to my debug desktop.
Another friend had pretty much the same issue and was able to fix it, unfortunately he does not know how he fixed it.
Question is does anyone know how to fix this?
I am still waiting for an answer from Embarcadero and this is causing us real problems at the moment.
I received an answer from Embarcadero support.
It fixed the problem for me until I adjusted my desktops to the way I wanted them and them - still better than nothing. I suspect there is no solid work-around at this point in time. But, this may work well as long as you are not frequently changing your desktop layouts.
There were display layout changes introduced in 10.4.1 that cause the errors that you are seeing.
Shut the IDE down
In Windows Explorer navigate to: %AppData%\Embarcadero\BDS\21.0
Delete the *.dst files at that location (you can back them up first if desired)
In Windows Explorer navigate to the product's \bin directory. The default location is: 4. C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\21.0\bin
Copy the three default *.dst files from this location to the location in step 2
Start the IDE as normal

Xcode 6.4 not going to accurate line of Crash

My application is crashing sometimes while running on real device but the debugger always goes to "main.m" class not where the app is exactly crashing.
Infect console log is also not telling anything about the crash.
I think there is some settings required for debugger but not exactly know the right solution for that. Please help.
Check your device logs for an app type of Unknown. Often, an app will crash by being killed by the OS and an unknown log entry will appear on your device logs showing that your app is the largest memory consumer. To figure out which piece of code is causing the crash, evaluate the UI behavior and add a breakpoint at the appropriate spot (probably where you start working with your data).
Perphaps this could be a memory issue. In that case debugger does not show warning or exceptions. you can use instruments like profile provided in xcode to backtrace the issue. You can also backtrace your issue in Report navigator in xcode.
You can also use apps like crashlytics. Upload your build to crashlytics and then download it from theer and use it. Once it gets crashed .Login on web and check for the crashes. It will show the exact line where got gets crashed.
I hope it can help you.

WPF application shows managed has exited with code -1073740771 (0xc000041d) in InitializeComponent call

When I launch my WPF application and when it goes to InitializeComponent function call of one user control, it silently quits and only leaves one message in the output window saying Managed (v4.0.30319)' has exited with code -1073740771 (0xc000041d). When I say "silently", I mean there is no exception is caught even if I wrap this InitializeComponent call with a try-catch block (that's how I normally find where the problem is)
Here is what I did: in this application project we need to use a reference Microsoft.Office.Interop.Owc.dll, with version number 10.0.4504.0. Since it is an interop library, when I added this reference in VS2012, it automatically sets the property Embedded Interop Types as true, which I assume means it will not keep an individual dll in the output folder but instead embed this library into the main output (at least this is how it seems in our other references, for example, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.dll). However, when I launch the project, it throws an XamlParseException saying:
"Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Owc, Version=10.0.4504.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system
cannot find the file specified.":"Microsoft.Office.Interop.Owc, Version=10.0.4504.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35""
It seems that the reference was not embedded(or the version is not currect. But I verified that the reference version is indeed 10.0.4504.0)
Next I copied this dll directly to the output folder bin\Debug\, to make sure that it can find this library. This time the exception is not thrown, but the whole application just silently quits as I described in the beginning. I tried to google the code -1073740771 (0xc000041d) but there is no article about it. I tried to set the Embedded Interop Types to true/false but the problem is the same.
UPDATE:
I'd like to add more description here. As mentioned above, the problematic library is OWC(Office Web Component)10. I followed this link to make OWC work with VB.NET desktop application: HOW TO: Handle Events for the Office Web Components in Visual Studio .NET. But this official article is so old so I had to make a lot of changes to compile the wrapper dll(mainly because of namespace mismatch). Then when I add the reference to the actual interop library Microsoft.Office.Interop.Owc, if I follow the default setting and let the Embedded Interop Types as True, at runtime it will complain (throw a XamlParseException) that the assembly cannot be loaded (see description above). What the hell? I thought make it as "embedded" would guarantee this library will be found. Then I copy this dll to the output folder, then I have this silently quit problem. But it might be worth mentioning that this time the output window shows the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Owc.dll is indeed loaded. Actually it is the last message before the managed has exited message. So it must still relate to this library.
All of this only happens with OWC10. There is actually a similar way to do that in OWC11(the latest, but unfortunately still pretty old version since it came with Office2003): HOW TO: Handle Events for the Office 2003 Web Components in Visual Studio .NET. But it actually works and the control is displayed on my application. It is because of some other reason that I wanted to try OWC10 instead of OWC11
When I launch my WPF application and when it goes to InitializeComponent function call of one user >control, it silently quits and only leaves one message in the output window saying Managed
(v4.0.30319)' has exited with code -1073740771 (0xc000041d). When I say "silently", I mean there is >no exception is caught even if I wrap this InitializeComponent call with a try-catch block (that's >how I normally find where the problem is)
Next I copied this dll directly to the output folder bin\Debug\, to make sure that it can find this >library. This time the exception is not thrown, but the whole application just silently quits as I >described in the beginning. I tried to google the code -1073740771 (0xc000041d) but there is no >article about it. I tried to set the Embedded Interop Types to true/false but the problem is the >same.
I had exactly the same thing happening to me today, "has exited with code -1073740771 (0xc000041d)." (This happened in both a VB and C# .NET WinForms application for me). I tried debugging and saw I never even got into the Form_Load code block.
I "solved" this in the end by running visual studio as an administrator (and then just opening & building and running the project via the menu).
This is a win8 security issue and it isn't well explained anywhere.
(I got distracted and just opened up a specific project straight out of my task bar/solution file which caused this to happen to me).
You've probably found this out by yourself by now, hope you didn't lose any hair over it :)
Just pointing this out for other people who might have this error occuring somewhere.
Also had this issue, the 'silent' exit with code -1073740771 (0xc000041d) on x64 platforms, on x86 platforms everything was OK.
Part of my application is unmanaged C++, another part is C#. It turned out that my C++ code was not completely ready for the x64 platform. The following change fixed the issue in my case:
// before
g_OrigWndProc = reinterpret_cast<WNDPROC>(::SetWindowLongPtr(hWnd, GWLP_WNDPROC,
reinterpret_cast<LONG>(WindowProc)));
// fixed version
g_OrigWndProc = reinterpret_cast<WNDPROC>(::SetWindowLongPtr(hWnd, GWLP_WNDPROC,
reinterpret_cast<LONG_PTR>(WindowProc)));
So, the generic recommendation is to verify that your code is completely ready for the x64 platform.

How do I locate the source of an Unmanaged exception?

I have a WinForms application in which I want to be able to provide an HTML editing feature. So I've translated Lutz Roeder's HTML Writer from C# into VB.NET, and converted it from a windows form into a Custom User Control, which is now hosted in an MDI child form.
It all works fine until I close the parent MDI, in which case it crashes, and I cannot trap the exception.
I've isolated the editor control into a little vanilla WinForms app that doesn't do anything else, and verified that the problem still occurs.
I've also switched on Unmanaged Code Debugging (I'm using VS2010, compiling for x86 and Framework 3.5), and all I get is this:
Windows has triggered a breakpoint in HtmlEditorMdi.exe.
This may be due to a corruption of the heap, which indicates a bug in HtmlEditorMdi.exe or any of the DLLs it has loaded.
This may also be due to the user pressing F12 while HtmlEditorMdi.exe has focus.
The output window may have more diagnostic information.
The only thing other thing I've noticed is that if I leave a long interval after opening the form containing the editor, it doesn't crash.
What I'd really appreciate is some ideas about how to go looking for this problem. It may be of course that I've made a mistake in the C# to VB conversion, but I'm struggling to know where to look.
Edit:
I've run the app with the debugger attached, and it doesn't give me anything useful.
All I get is the Windows 'Application has stopped working' message, with this in the problem details:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: HtmlEditorMdi.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4cfb74c7
Fault Module Name: mscorwks.dll
Fault Module Version: 2.0.50727.4952
Fault Module Timestamp: 4bebd49a
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000022b5
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
I can see that it's an access violation, but even if I go Debug > Exceptions > Win32 Exceptions, and tick c0000005, I don't get anything useful when it breaks - just 'no source available'.
The first message you quoted is produced by the Windows heap manager when it discovers that the internal heap structure is destroyed. It displays that diagnostic when it sees that a debugger is attached. The 2nd quoted block is what happens when it bypasses the diagnostic (no debugger attached), it bombs on a hardware exception when it tries to release memory in the corrupted heap anyway.
The trouble with heap corruption is that the real damage is done a long time before the diagnostic is generated. You can see a stack trace leading up to the diagnostic in the Call Stack window, you'll need to enable the Microsoft symbol server to get meaningful symbols for the Windows functions. But it won't tell you anything useful about the code that really caused the damage, that requires a time machine.
This kind of heap corruption is invariably caused by unmanaged code. The AccessViolation exception is a well known scourge to C/C++ programmers and a very large reason why managed code became popular. While Lutz' source code is all managed, it contains a lot of P/Invoke and COM interface declarations. There is no good way to debug them, you don't have the source code.
Getting one of those declarations subtly wrong when you converted them to VB.NET is certainly one way this could happen. It could also well be that the bug was always there but reared its ugly head just now. Lucky you. Btw, I don't think the code is 64-bit clean, force it to run in 32-mode for a possible quick fix. For your main EXE project: Project + Properties, Compile tab, scroll down, Advanced Compile Options, Target CPU = x86. This is only relevant if you run on a 64-bit version of Windows.
Other than that, I'd recommend you just use the C# project as-is. Mixing languages in a solution is a very well supported scenario in .NET.
The windbg debugger is the "big gun" for this sort of problem. It can frequently give you clues by telling you about handled exceptions etc. The only problem with it is that it's not easy to use and has a very high learning curve.

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