a matching symbol was not found in this folder

Asked Mar 07 '17 at 08:10

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first of all, this is a repetitive question. but things are not same in my case. I have tried most of the solutions. but nothing changed. so, here is the problem, I have standalone sdk for a fingerprint device and working with visual studio 2015 windows form application. When I tried to debug, I got this message, "The breakpoint will not currently be hit, No symbols have been loaded for this document".

I tried: Build --> Windows --> Modules to load symbol. but they referred a symbol of one of the dll file (Interop.zkemkeeper.pdb). which I didn't find there instead I found a .pdb file as my project name (AttLogs.pdb). (I know its not logical though) I tried to choose the AttLogs.pdb. and then I got a message saying, "A matching symbol was not found in this folder". So, 1. How do I make my code debug-able? or 2. How do I create a Interop.zkemkeeper.pdb file? please suggest me anything related or helpfull. I got stuck here for about a week.

edited Mar 07 '17 at 08:14

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asked Mar 07 '17 at 08:10

Onick Ahmed

using source control or not? – Lei Yang Mar 07 '17 at 08:17
I am just using the sdk source code. please tell me how can I use source control? – Onick Ahmed Mar 07 '17 at 08:19
I did not mean source control can solve it. seems you're not using then – Lei Yang Mar 07 '17 at 08:20
ok. than what will source control do? should I try? is there any link that I can follow? – Onick Ahmed Mar 07 '17 at 08:27
try git/tfs,etc – Lei Yang Mar 07 '17 at 08:28
@OnickAhmed source control creates "snapshots" of your code for you to roll back to in case of future problems. As an example, look here: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-visualstudio/commits/master this is using `git` as Lei mentioned, each item you see there is a backup of the code as it was in that current state. – James Gould Mar 07 '17 at 08:48
@JayGould ok I get it. I'll follow the process next time I code. but what should I do with the pdb problem? any suggestion? – Onick Ahmed Mar 07 '17 at 10:42
@OnickAhmed Not a clue unfortunately, best of luck though. – James Gould Mar 07 '17 at 13:37
One of the nastiest VS' errors! So aggravating! – Shimmy Weitzhandler Oct 19 '19 at 20:09

a matching symbol was not found in this folder

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