Debugging with command-line parameters in Visual Studio

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I m developing a C   command-line application in Visual Studio and need to debug it with command-line arguments  At the moment I just run the generated EXE file with the arguments I need  like this program exe -file txt    but this way I can t debug  Is there somewhere I can specify the arguments for debugging

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In Visual Studio 2017 with a  NET Core console application do the following   Right click on the Project in the Solution window  select  Properties   Debug  on the left side   and enter the arguments into the field  Application Arguments    Note that they should be space-separated

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Microsoft Visual Studio Ultima 2013   You can just go to the DEBUG menu   Main Properties   Configuration properties   Debugging and then you will see the box for the command line arguments   Actually  you can set the same input arguments for all the different configurations and not only for debugging   From the pull down menu of configuration select  All Configurations and insert the input arguments  each argument separated by space    Now  you can execute your program in different modes without having to change the input arguments every time

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Yes  it s in the Debugging section of the properties page of the project   In Visual nbsp Studio since 2008  right-click the project  choose Properties  go to the Debugging section -- there is a box for  Command Arguments    Tip  not solution  but project

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Yes  it s in the Debugging section of the properties page of the project   In Visual nbsp Studio since 2008  right-click the project  choose Properties  go to the Debugging section -- there is a box for  Command Arguments    Tip  not solution  but project

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Right click on the project in the Solution window of Visual nbsp Studio  select  Debugging   on the left side   and enter the arguments into the field  Command Arguments

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Even if you do start the executable outside Visual Studio  you can still use the  Attach  command to connect Visual Studio to your already-running executable  This can be useful e g  when your application is run as a plug-in within another application

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In Visual nbsp Studio nbsp 2010  right click the project  choose Properties  click the configuring properties section on the left pane  then click Debugging  then on the right pane there is a box for command arguments   In that enter the command line arguments  You are good to go  Now debug and see the result  If you are tired of changing in the properties then temporarily give the input directly in the program

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Yes  it s in the Debugging section of the properties page of the project   In Visual nbsp Studio since 2008  right-click the project  choose Properties  go to the Debugging section -- there is a box for  Command Arguments    Tip  not solution  but project

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With VS 2015 and up  Use the Smart Command Line Arguments extension  This plug-in adds a window that allows you to turn arguments on and off     The extension additionally stores the arguments in a JSON file  allowing you to commit them to source control  In addition to ensuring you don t have to type in all the arguments every single time  this serves as a useful supplement to your documentation for other developers to discover the available options

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The Mozilla org FAQ on debugging Mozilla on Windows is of interest here   In short  the Visual Studio debugger can be invoked on a program from the command line  allowing one to specify the command line arguments when invoking a command line program  directly on the command line   This looks like the following for Visual Studio 8 or 9  Visual nbsp Studio nbsp 2005 or Visual nbsp Studio nbsp 2008  respectively      devenv  debugexe  program name   program arguments    It is also possible to have an explorer action to start a program in the Visual Studio debugger

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Yes  it s in the Debugging section of the properties page of the project   In Visual nbsp Studio since 2008  right-click the project  choose Properties  go to the Debugging section -- there is a box for  Command Arguments    Tip  not solution  but project

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The Mozilla org FAQ on debugging Mozilla on Windows is of interest here   In short  the Visual Studio debugger can be invoked on a program from the command line  allowing one to specify the command line arguments when invoking a command line program  directly on the command line   This looks like the following for Visual Studio 8 or 9  Visual nbsp Studio nbsp 2005 or Visual nbsp Studio nbsp 2008  respectively      devenv  debugexe  program name   program arguments    It is also possible to have an explorer action to start a program in the Visual Studio debugger

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The Mozilla org FAQ on debugging Mozilla on Windows is of interest here   In short  the Visual Studio debugger can be invoked on a program from the command line  allowing one to specify the command line arguments when invoking a command line program  directly on the command line   This looks like the following for Visual Studio 8 or 9  Visual nbsp Studio nbsp 2005 or Visual nbsp Studio nbsp 2008  respectively      devenv  debugexe  program name   program arguments    It is also possible to have an explorer action to start a program in the Visual Studio debugger

User · Answer

Even if you do start the executable outside Visual Studio  you can still use the  Attach  command to connect Visual Studio to your already-running executable  This can be useful e g  when your application is run as a plug-in within another application

User · Answer

In Visual Studio 2017 with a  NET Core console application do the following   Right click on the Project in the Solution window  select  Properties   Debug  on the left side   and enter the arguments into the field  Application Arguments    Note that they should be space-separated

User · Answer

Right click on the project in the Solution window of Visual nbsp Studio  select  Debugging   on the left side   and enter the arguments into the field  Command Arguments

User · Answer

Even if you do start the executable outside Visual Studio  you can still use the  Attach  command to connect Visual Studio to your already-running executable  This can be useful e g  when your application is run as a plug-in within another application

User · Answer

The Mozilla org FAQ on debugging Mozilla on Windows is of interest here   In short  the Visual Studio debugger can be invoked on a program from the command line  allowing one to specify the command line arguments when invoking a command line program  directly on the command line   This looks like the following for Visual Studio 8 or 9  Visual nbsp Studio nbsp 2005 or Visual nbsp Studio nbsp 2008  respectively      devenv  debugexe  program name   program arguments    It is also possible to have an explorer action to start a program in the Visual Studio debugger

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In Visual nbsp Studio nbsp 2010  right click the project  choose Properties  click the configuring properties section on the left pane  then click Debugging  then on the right pane there is a box for command arguments   In that enter the command line arguments  You are good to go  Now debug and see the result  If you are tired of changing in the properties then temporarily give the input directly in the program

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This may help some people who still have problems  I use Visual Studio 2015 and I could only pass the arguments when I changed the definition of argv   Instead of  int main int argc  char   argv       I had to use  int main int argc  char  argv         I do not know why it was necessary  but it works

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Microsoft Visual Studio Ultima 2013   You can just go to the DEBUG menu   Main Properties   Configuration properties   Debugging and then you will see the box for the command line arguments   Actually  you can set the same input arguments for all the different configurations and not only for debugging   From the pull down menu of configuration select  All Configurations and insert the input arguments  each argument separated by space    Now  you can execute your program in different modes without having to change the input arguments every time

User · Answer

This may help some people who still have problems  I use Visual Studio 2015 and I could only pass the arguments when I changed the definition of argv   Instead of  int main int argc  char   argv       I had to use  int main int argc  char  argv         I do not know why it was necessary  but it works

User · Answer

Even if you do start the executable outside Visual Studio  you can still use the  Attach  command to connect Visual Studio to your already-running executable  This can be useful e g  when your application is run as a plug-in within another application

User · Answer

With VS 2015 and up  Use the Smart Command Line Arguments extension  This plug-in adds a window that allows you to turn arguments on and off     The extension additionally stores the arguments in a JSON file  allowing you to commit them to source control  In addition to ensuring you don t have to type in all the arguments every single time  this serves as a useful supplement to your documentation for other developers to discover the available options

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