How do I determine the file and line # of a C# method from a symbols (.pdb) file?

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pdb files contain symbol information for .NET assemblies. I'd like to read a pdb file in order to correlate methods with their file location. The data is contained within it but I can't seem to find a good description of how to get it out.

I know about mdbg, but that is very heavy (I think/hope) for what I want.

Doesn't the stack trace include the line numbers against the source file it was compiled from. — Aaron Powell, Oct 02 '08 at 11:37
Yes, but I need this without having to call into the method and especially without it throwing an exception I'm catching. — Aaron Jensen, Oct 02 '08 at 15:14

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 02 '08 at 11:33

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You should look:

Mono.Cecil and especially the Mono.Cecil.Pdb module. It should do what you want and more.

answered Oct 02 '08 at 11:33

Julien Hoarau

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 02 '08 at 07:46

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In DBGHELP.DLL, you can use the SymGetLineFromAddr64 function. You'll need to use P/Invoke. There might be a corresponding API in the DIA SDK, but I'm not as familiar with it as I am DBGHELP.

answered Oct 02 '08 at 07:46

Roger Lipscombe

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How do I determine the file and line # of a C# method from a symbols (.pdb) file?

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