NATVIS errors/warnings are not reported in cppvsdbg debugger output (original) (raw)

Environment

• OS and version: Windows 10 Pro 22H2
• VS Code: 1.74.2
• C/C++ extension: 1.13.8

Bug Summary and Steps to Reproduce

Bug Summary:

Visual Studio provides a set of options to change NATVIS logging output, shown below:

These messages are important to identify errors in either parsing the NATVIS XML file itself, or parsing individual expressions within a given object reflected by the visualizer.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create either a malformed NATVIS file, or annotate a type with a malformed expression
2. Observe that the entire NATVIS file is silently dropped by the debugger without any error or indications

Debugger Configurations

This occurs with the default launch configuration and a specified visualizerFile configuration key set.

Debugger Logs

No relevant logs were produced with the engine and trace logging enabled.

Other Extensions

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Additional Information

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