The breakpoint will not currently be hit. No symbols have been loaded

Question

I am struggling with breakPoint issue in VS 2012 for more than hours. I am from eclipse background, there I never heard about such issues.

Problem :<

Answer 1

As this is Javascript code, so you need to use a javascript debugger. Generally internet browsers come with a debugger/inspector menu, which allows you to inspect/debug your javascript easily. Such debuggers come with a lot of useful features such as HTTP request/response inspection, browser session/local storage, etc.

Answer 2

Try to add debugger; key word before $.getJSON Also make sure if you use IE to un-check the disable script debugging

Internet Options> Advanced tab> Under Browsing.

As I think this issue is related to Javascript debugging not C#

Answer 3

Try deleting all breakpoints and restarting debugging in Visual Studio.

Answer 4

Actually there is "Modules" option, but it's enabled only when you are in debug mode. You can just press Ctrl+D,M combination when you're in debug. In few words, PDB is a file that contains all debug information about your assebmly, you can not debug an assembly without this file. Assembly is a file that contains precompiled code for exetuion via CLR. Could you provide a bit more information about your problem. What kind of application you are trying to debug for example? Also, if you have located you pdb files made EXACTLY for your assembly, you can load it by right-clicking your assembly in modules window and selecting Load Symbols From > Symbol Path

Answer 5

I found this out by accident with my VS2012 and ASP.NET MVC, maybe it can help somebody. I noticed that breakpoints in javascript that's inline in the *.cshtml file like this won't get hit (note that this file is a cshtml file):

But breakpoints in external *.js files will get hit:

Answer 6

Running Visual Studio 2013 or Visual Studio 2015 RC, I've found that to get a breakpoint to work in a .js file I need two things to be true:

1. I need to start Visual Studio by right-clicking the VS shortcut and select "Run as administrator". (If right-clicking on the Taskbar icon, select the application shortcut icon from the pop-up menu and right-click on that to get a context menu that includes "Run as administrator".)

2. I need to set Internet Explorer as the default browser that will be opened for the web debugging session. If I choose Chrome or Firefox, the breakpoint doesn't work for me.