By default in Visual Studio it takes several actions to attach to IIS (w3wp.exe). You have to open the attach to process window (Ctrl+Alt+P), select the option to show all processes, find w3wp.exe in the list and select attach; all of this is performed multiple times a day.
This post describes how to create a macro in visual studio then create a button for it and/or a shortcut key.
Creating the macro
The first thing you need to do is to add the macro via macro IDE.
Then add a new module, I have chosen to name mine DebuggingMacros.
Finally add the code shown below into the module, save the module and close the macro IDE.
Public Module DebuggingMacros
Public Sub AttachToWebServer()
Dim AspNetWp As String = "aspnet_wp.exe"
Dim W3WP As String = "w3wp.exe"
If Not (AttachToProcess(W3WP)) Then
If Not AttachToProcess(AspNetWp) Then
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Can't find web server process")
End If
End If
End Sub
Public Function AttachToProcess(ByVal ProcessName As String) As Boolean
Dim Processes As EnvDTE.Processes = DTE.Debugger.LocalProcesses
Dim Process As EnvDTE.Process
Dim ProcessFound As Boolean = False
For Each Process In Processes
If (Process.Name.Substring(Process.Name.LastIndexOf("\") + 1) = ProcessName) Then
Process.Attach()
ProcessFound = True
End If
Next
AttachToProcess = ProcessFound
End Function
End Module
Creating the button
Once the macro has been created, we can make a button by clicking on customize as shown.
Click on the commands tab, select the toolbar radio button and then select the menu you would like to add the button to. I have chosen to add my button to the debug menu. When you have done this click on the add command button.
Select macros on the left hand side and then select the macro we created earlier.
Finally got to modify selection as shown and rename the button.
My button
This is a demonstration of my button on the debug toolbar which I named "Attach to IIS".
Creating the shortcut key
To add a shortcut key to attach to IIS, first click on options as shown.
The final step is to find the macro, I did this by entering "webserver" in the "show commands containing" field. Then entered your shortcut (mine is Ctrl+Shift+W) in the shortcut key field and hit the assign button.
Summary
By following the steps detailed above you should now be able to attach to the web server with one key combination or one click. Saving you time by removing the need to manually select the process. The same rules as attaching to w3wp through the attach to process screen still exist, that is that w3wp.exe must be running first in order to attach to it.
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