I'm running Composer XE 2011 in Visual Studio 2008 Pro. My application requires that an input file and output file be provided at run time.
The command line equivalent would be the following:
myprogram.exe < input_file > output_file
Under configuration properties -> debugging I've set the following items.
Command arguments:
< C:\\myworkindir\\input_file > C:\\myworkingdir\\output_file
Working directory:
C:\\myworkingdir
Here is where it seems to get strange. If I Start Debugging (F5), the application proceeds as if there are no command arguments, tries to write to the standard output instead of my redirected ouput_file, and burps when it gets to the point in the code where it should be reading from the input_file.
However, if I Start Without Debugging (Ctrl+F5), I have no such issues and the application runs successfully. Fortunately for me the portion of the code that I am debugging comes after a large database read that takes about a minute. Therefore I'm able to attach the debugger to the process before it reaches the code that I need to debug. With a pre-set breakpoint after the database read I'm able to go on my merry way debugging my code.
However, this is obviously not the optimal solution. Any ideas why my command arguments seem to be missed when I Start Debugging?
Thank you.
