Debug ASP.NET MVC 4 Source Code

Download SkipStrongNames http://aka.ms/skipsn, and unzip it. From an elevated command prompt, run “skipstrongnames -e” to allow you to run unit tests against the delay-signed binaries.

 

Download ASP.NET MVC 4 Source Code from http://aspnetwebstack.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/75b5e7ea58d2

 

Copy following from ASP.NET MVC 4 Source Code to new folder AspNetMvc4

"ASP.NET MVC 4 SourceCode\src\System.Web.WebPages"

"ASP.NET MVC 4 SourceCode\src\Common"

"ASP.NET MVC 4 SourceCode\src\System.Web.Mvc"

"ASP.NET MVC 4 SourceCode\src\VirtualPathUtilityWrapper.cs"

"ASP.NET MVC 4 SourceCode\src\CodeAnalysisDictionary.xml"

"ASP.NET MVC 4 SourceCode\src\CommonAssemblyInfo.cs"

"ASP.NET MVC 4 SourceCode\src\CommonResources.Designer.cs"

"ASP.NET MVC 4 SourceCode\src\CommonResources.resx"

"ASP.NET MVC 4 SourceCode\src\ExceptionHelper.cs"

"ASP.NET MVC 4 SourceCode\src\GlobalSuppressions.cs"

"ASP.NET MVC 4 SourceCode\src\HashCodeCombiner.cs"

"ASP.NET MVC 4 SourceCode\src\IVirtualPathUtility.cs"

"ASP.NET MVC 4 SourceCode\src\MimeMapping.cs"

"ASP.NET MVC 4 SourceCode\src\TransparentCommonAssemblyInfo.cs"

 

Create new solution AspNetMvc4, add following 2 projects

System.Web.Mvc.csproj

System.Web.WebPages.csproj

 

Modify following 2 project files in text editor, or right click "Edit Project File" in VS2012 IDE.

System.Web.Mvc.csproj

System.Web.WebPages.csproj

Remove

<Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory),Runtime.sln))\tools\WebStack.settings.targets" />

Change

<Reference Include="Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL">

      <HintPath>..\..\packages\Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure.1.0.0.0\lib\net40\Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure.dll</HintPath>

    </Reference>

To

<Reference Include="Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure" />

Change

<OutputPath>..\..\bin\Debug\</OutputPath>

To

<OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>

Change

<OutputPath>..\..\bin\Release\</OutputPath>

To

<OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>

Remove

<DocumentationFile>$(OutputPath)\$(AssemblyName).xml</DocumentationFile>

Remove

<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'CodeCoverage|AnyCPU'">

  <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>

  <OutputPath>..\..\bin\CodeCoverage\</OutputPath>

  <DefineConstants>TRACE;DEBUG;CODE_COVERAGE;ASPNETMVC</DefineConstants>

  <DebugType>full</DebugType>

  <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>..\Strict.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>

</PropertyGroup>

Change

    <ProjectReference Include="..\System.Web.Razor\System.Web.Razor.csproj">

      <Project>{8F18041B-9410-4C36-A9C5-067813DF5F31}</Project>

      <Name>System.Web.Razor</Name>

    </ProjectReference>

    <ProjectReference Include="..\System.Web.WebPages.Razor\System.Web.WebPages.Razor.csproj">

      <Project>{0939B11A-FE4E-4BA1-8AD6-D97741EE314F}</Project>

      <Name>System.Web.WebPages.Razor</Name>

    </ProjectReference>

To

    <Reference Include="System.Web.Razor" />

    <Reference Include="System.Web.WebPages.Razor" />

 

Modify "Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" in System.Web.WebPages.csproj

Change

[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("System.Web.Mvc, PublicKey=0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100b5fc90e7027f67871e773a8fde8938c81dd402ba65b9201d60593e96c492651e889cc13f1415ebb53fac1131ae0bd333c5ee6021672d9718ea31a8aebd0da0072f25d87dba6fc90ffd598ed4da35e44c398c454307e8e33b8426143daec9f596836f97c8f74750e5975c64e2189f45def46b2a2b1247adc3652bf5c308055da9")]

To

[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("System.Web.Mvc")]

 

Compile new solution AspNetMvc4, ready to debug through ASP.NET MVC 4 source code!