How to get Visual Studio to use Rhino 7 in debug mode

Rhino Developer
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@stevebaer,

I am now a proud owner of Rhino 7. But I need some help. When I use debug mode in Visual Studio 2017 to debug my Rhino/C++ script, it starts up Rhino 6 rather than Rhino 7. What do I change in Visual Studio in order to get it to use my new Rhino 7?

In Visual Studio Solution Explorer I see that the stadfx.h file mentions Rhino 6 near its start:

// stdafx.h : include file for standard system include files,
// or project specific include files that are used frequently, but
// are changed infrequently

#pragma once

#ifndef VC_EXTRALEAN
#define VC_EXTRALEAN                             // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers
#endif

// This plug-in is Rhino 6 ready
#define RHINO_V6_READY

I changed #define RHINO_V6_READY to #define RHINO_V7_READY but that caused an error.

Regards,
Terry.

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for a c# the approach is to open the .csproj in a text editor and search / edit for
<StartProgram>c:\Program Files (x86)\Rhinoceros 5\System\Rhino4.exe</StartProgram>
i would imagine that it is similar to c++ projects.
Some VS-Versions allow to edit the debug-Target in the properties of your project.

the #define statement is a Preprocessor directive

maybe this helps - best -tom

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In your project properties under debug, set the external program to the Rhino7 exe.

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Sorry but does not work on my Windows setup where I see:

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Are you working on a Mac system?

Regards,
Terry.

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Windows.
Can you change the (RhinoExeDir) to the actual path of Rhino7?

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So far I have been unable to find Rhino7 anywhere on my system. I thinks perhaps it is still under a WIP name. I need to do some more looking.

What is the path to Rhino 6? Maybe that could help me find the path to Rhino 7.

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C:\Program Files
is where it normally installs to.
Rhino 6\System\Rhino.exe

There should be a “Rhino 7 WIP” or “Rhino 7” folder in program files somewhere.

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@Terry_Chappell are you still having problems with debugging with V7?

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Yes I have not found where in the Project to change 6 to 7 reference. So it only brings up 6 when debugging.

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You found the page for changing this as that was the image in your last post. You need to find where Rhino 7 is installed on your computer and hard code a path to rhino.exe instead of using $(RhinoExeDir)

Rhino is installed as a subdirectory of your “C:\Program Files” directory

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I did not find a Rhino 7 directory. I did find a WIP directory. Is it installed there?

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That’s your Rhino 7 installation directory since you took part in the WIP process. If you uninstall Rhino 7 and then reinstall, it would land in a Rhino7 directory

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That worked. Now Rhino 7 is installed in its own Rhino 7 folder and I used that path in the Local Windows Debugger entries.

Too bad the original install of Rhino 7 did not already take care of this. Seems dumb for it to put Rhino 7 in the WIP directory.

The Visual Studio debugger issue is a bit more esoteric, but if it were my code, I would include a popup to ask if you want this done. I used to get beat up by my 400+ Intel users when I did not do this kind of thing for QDD (Quick Device Design app). With over 43,000 Rhino users I think it would be an even more compelling case. But given limited horsepower, I agree it is better to work on making SubD better rather than fixing a debugger nuance.

Regards,
Terry.