Is it possible to debug code compiled at runtime?

Question

I have a need to compile some code using CodeDomProvider.CompileAssemblyFromSource. How would one go about debugging it? Basically, I want to compile it, create instance of a type and then step into the code for the type.

Answer 1

After I posted a question, I realized that my problem was that I was generating the assembly from string, not from file. I went back and changed the code to run with different options when in DEBUG and I am able to step right in from unit test code. Also one has to set GenerateInMemory to false and IncludeDebugInformation to true.

#if DEBUG
            @params.IncludeDebugInformation = compilationContext.IncludeDebugInformation;
            @params.GenerateInMemory = compilationContext.GenerateInMemory;
            var fileName = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory,@"..\..\" + compilationContext.AssemblyOutputName + ".cs"));
            File.WriteAllText(fileName,compilationContext.StringToCompile);
            return _codeDomProvider.CompileAssemblyFromFile(@params,fileName);
#else
            return _codeDomProvider.CompileAssemblyFromSource(@params, compilationContext.StringToCompile);
#endif