Debugging photoshop cs plugins

[_Paul_Rovner_]

Help! I hope there's a kind soul out there who has a clue as to how I can get unstuck :-)

Using Microsoft Visual C++ .NET, v. 7.1.3088 and the Adobe Photoshop CS SDK on Windows XP "home edition" (Vaio pentium 4, 1.5 gb, 160GB hard drive) I cannot start Photoshop.exe (via "Start" from the VC++ Debug menu) for a debugging session. Photoshop starts to come up, then puts up an alert saying "An error has been detected with a required application library and the product cannot continue. Please reinstall the application". I am able to start Photoshop via the "Start without Debugging" Debug menu item. I reinstalled Photoshop, but this made no difference. I am able to start and debug my fledgeling filter plugin using ImageReady rather than Photoshop, but I really need to do it under Photoshop itself.

Maybe there's a command line switch to Photoshop ?? Hope against hope.

Any ideas??

Thanks a lot ...

--Paul

[Tom Ruark]

Use the "Attach to Process..." feature in .NET.

1. Install your plug-in.
2. Start Photoshop normally.
3. In .NET use "Process..." menu item (i think it is in Debug menu) and attach to the running Photoshop.
4. Set your breakpoints and execute your plug-in.

NOTE: Depending on your plug-in, you can detach, fix bugs, build, attach, debug. Very efficient way of fixing bugs without relaunching Photoshop.

[_Shane_Tohovaka_]

I deleted the Temp folder that was the scratch disk in C: and now cannot open Photoshop CS at all.

The scratch disk was filling up the C: so I looked for it and deleted the folder as could not access the files inside.

Please help me restore PS CS!

[_Aandi_Inston_]

>I deleted the Temp folder that was the scratch disk in C: and now cannot open Photoshop CS at all.

Were you using the Photoshop SDK? What kind of development was it?

If you aren't a Photoshop developer, I'd recommend the regular Photoshop forum for faster help.

Aandi Inston