Delphi Remote Debugger Freezing up

Question

I have Windows Server 2008 R2 Machine that is running a Delphi 2007 application. Update: Switching Delphi versions is currently not an option. I have Delphi XE but there are over 300,000 lines of code to review before any switch can occur.

I have run into a problem where I would like to step through the code. I don't want to install Delphi on the machine, so I have installed the remote debugger.

Updated steps to be more complete:

1. Compile app with Remote Debug Symbols
2. Copy Application and Remote Debug Symbols to Remote Location.
3. Launched an Command Prompt (Running As an Administrator) on the Remote Machine.
4. Enabled Server Firewall exception for rmtdbg105 process.
5. Run rmtdbg105 -listen in the Command Prompt
6. I run the process I want to debug.
7. On my local machine I select attach to process and select the remote process.
8. Press Attach

Behavior observed: Remote Process locks up and stops running, and so does Delphi on my machine.

I have waited several minutes just in case it caused by some type of network performance problem.

Is there step I am missing? I am looking for a way to get this to work.

Answer 1

Move back to Delphi 7, or up to Delphi XE, and try again. [Moving up to XE might be a bit of work, because you need to port your sources up to unicode delphi language level.]

I never did get Delphi 2007 remote debug to work reliably. The freeze-ups you see are something I remember too, when I was using Delphi 2007. I found that it froze less often when the PC had been rebooted recently. After a reboot you might get a few more uses, before you need to reboot again.