What's LINQBridgeVs?

LINQBridgeVs is a Visual Studio Extension compatible with Visual Studio 2010/2012/2013. It is a bridge between a Visual Studio debugging session and [LINQPad] (http://www.linqpad.net). When enabled on a selection of VB/C# projects, it creates a Custom Debugger Visualizer mapping to all the complex types and making the magnifier glass available for all of them. By clicking on the magnifier glass the types will be transmitted over a bus and read back by LINQPad.

Getting Started

Once the LINQBridgeVs Extension is installed a new menu will be available in the Visual Studio Menu Bar, only visible when a solution is loaded and a project selected. There are two options available:

• Enable LINQBridge
• Disable LINQBridge

Enabling LINQBridge on a selected project will do the magic and that's it!

Compile your solution, run it, set a breakpoint and hover the pointer on any object instance and the magnifier glass will appear.

No need to mark any of your classes as Serialized.

Clicking the magnifier will export the instance to LINQPad.

[LINQPad] (http://www.linqpad.net) it is to be installed beforehand.

##Acknowledgements

Special thanks to JetBrains who has been supporting this project with its products.

Compatibility

LINQBridgeVs is compatible for Visual Studio 2010/2012/2013. At the moment available only for .NET Framework 4.0 onwards

Known Issues

Could not load file or assembly LINQBridge.DynamicVisualizer.V11.dll or one of its dependencies.

Solution: Check you have access permission on the folder CurrentUser\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Visualizers for the user running the debugger (IIS_IUSRS if a WebSite).

Platform: Windows 8

Can't find the magnifying glass

Solution: Make sure you are running as Administrator your Visual Studio instance.

Platform: Any

Visual Studio: Any

Can't find the magnifying glass - Visual Studio 2013

Solution: Please update to the latest version (1.3.7) from the Visual Studio Gallery. Please always remember to run Visual Studio As Administrator.

Platform: Any

Visual Studio: 2013