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The broken link within the docs has been fixed, but it will probably take until tomorrow for the change to make it through to the live web site. Please can you give more details about a scenario where setting a breakpoint consistently doesn't work? Reflector Pro simply generates pdb files, which point to the decompiled source, and we place these in directories that we have added to the symbol search path (Tools/Options.../Debugging/Symbols). You can check which symbols have been loaded by using the Debug/Windows/Modules tab and looking at the Symbol Status and Symbol File to see which symbols have been loaded by Visual Studio. / comments

The broken link within the docs has been fixed, but it will probably take until tomorrow for the change to make it through to the live web site. Please can you give more details about a scenario wh...

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Unless CurrentOrganization is defined in the Organization class, I don't think you'd expect it to turn up. The query is finding places where a method defined in MyProduct.Library.Organization is being used. So, for example, in the following, namespace ConsoleApplication12 { public class A { public virtual void Test() { } } class Program { static void Main() { A a = new A(); a.Test(); } } } I can use the (slightly) modified query from a in assemblyManager.Assemblies.Cast<IAssembly>() from m in a.Modules.Cast<IModule>() from t in m.Types.Cast<ITypeDeclaration>() from mt in t.Methods.Cast<IMethodDeclaration>() where mt.Body is IMethodBody from i in ((IMethodBody) mt.Body).Instructions.OfType<IInstruction>() where i.Value != null let memberReference = i.Value as IMemberReference where memberReference != null let referencedType = memberReference.DeclaringType as ITypeReference where referencedType != null && referencedType.Name == "A" && referencedType.Namespace == "ConsoleApplication12" select "Method " + mt.Name + " in " + t.Name + " uses " + memberReference.Name; to get the results Method Main in Program uses .ctor Method Main in Program uses Test and that's because the IL has the form .method private hidebysig static void Main() cil managed { .entrypoint .maxstack 1 .locals init ( [0] class ConsoleApplication12.A a) L_0000: nop L_0001: newobj instance void ConsoleApplication12.A::.ctor() L_0006: stloc.0 L_0007: ldloc.0 L_0008: callvirt instance void ConsoleApplication12.A::Test() L_000d: nop L_000e: ret } The memberReference in the let part of the query is being bound to the two instance lines in the above. If you want to look at the return type of a method, you'd need to use IMethodReference (instead of IMemberReference), then convert that into a IMethodDeclaration (using Resolve()) to get the ReturnType. So, as a quick example, if I add the following method to my example class B { public static A Test2() { return new A(); } } and change the Main method to class Program { static void Main() { A x = B.Test2(); } } I can find things that call a method that returns an A using a query of the form from a in assemblyManager.Assemblies.Cast<IAssembly>() from m in a.Modules.Cast<IModule>() from t in m.Types.Cast<ITypeDeclaration>() from mt in t.Methods.Cast<IMethodDeclaration>() where mt.Body is IMethodBody from i in ((IMethodBody) mt.Body).Instructions.OfType<IInstruction>() where i.Value != null let methodReference = i.Value as IMethodReference where methodReference != null let methodDeclaration = methodReference.Resolve() where methodDeclaration != null let returnType = methodDeclaration.ReturnType.Type as ITypeReference where returnType.Name == "A" && returnType.Namespace == "ConsoleApplication12" select "Method " + mt.Name + " in " + t.Name + " uses " + methodReference.Name; which returns Method Main in Program uses Test2 You'd need to do the same for IPropertyReference to trap properties in the same way. / comments

Unless CurrentOrganization is defined in the Organization class, I don't think you'd expect it to turn up. The query is finding places where a method defined in MyProduct.Library.Organization is be...

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The first request, ALT giving focus on keydown instead of keyup, is already in our bug tracking system, and should be fixed for the next release. In the second request, I think the menu command "Toggle Bookmark" is doing what it says it should - adding or removing depending on whether it is already there. I guess some kind of visual indicator as to whether a bookmark is already set on the item would be good - I've added a request to the bug tracking system (RP-756). / comments

The first request, ALT giving focus on keydown instead of keyup, is already in our bug tracking system, and should be fixed for the next release. In the second request, I think the menu command "To...

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You can use File/Open to navigate to an assembly, but if the assembly is in the GAC then the easiest thing to do is File/Open Cache and then use the filter to find system.web.mvc and then double click it to load it. / comments

You can use File/Open to navigate to an assembly, but if the assembly is in the GAC then the easiest thing to do is File/Open Cache and then use the filter to find system.web.mvc and then double cl...

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You are running into bugs in the decompiler. Do you know the original language for the assembly that you are decompiling? If it wasn't C#, then the decompiler may have difficulty translating some instruction sequences into C#. / comments

You are running into bugs in the decompiler. Do you know the original language for the assembly that you are decompiling? If it wasn't C#, then the decompiler may have difficulty translating some i...

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abuck wrote: where can I report bugs ? This forum is the best place. We can then log them in our bug tracking system. / comments

abuck wrote: where can I report bugs ? This forum is the best place. We can then log them in our bug tracking system.

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I think they'll been around since the 3.0 days. The following post discusses how they are used for multi-targetting: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/christy/archive ... blies.aspx / comments

I think they'll been around since the 3.0 days. The following post discusses how they are used for multi-targetting: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/christy/archive ... blies.aspx

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You are probably looking at one of the Reference Assemblies which just contain the metadata and not the IL. If I use File/Open Cache to go to a non-reference assembly, you should see the code. / comments

You are probably looking at one of the Reference Assemblies which just contain the metadata and not the IL. If I use File/Open Cache to go to a non-reference assembly, you should see the code.

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If the assemblies build into a top level directory, then you can simply drag all of the files from that directory into Reflector. / comments

If the assemblies build into a top level directory, then you can simply drag all of the files from that directory into Reflector.

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Reference Assemblies are for the use of the compiler, in that they contain metadata but no IL instructions. You need to point Reflector at the real assemblies which do have the IL instructions. The easiest way to find these assemblies is via the File/Open Cache menu item. / comments

Reference Assemblies are for the use of the compiler, in that they contain metadata but no IL instructions. You need to point Reflector at the real assemblies which do have the IL instructions. The...

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