Information: Remote Debuggin Ninja Trader and Symbols

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If you wish to remote debug NinjaTrader custom scripts, when you attach the debugger you must find the correct location for the PDB or you won't be able to set breakpoints. NinjaTrader compiles the scripts into a DLL that is stored in the TMP folder as part of the NinjaTrader8 folder in the users Documents.

1. Install the Visual Studio remote debugging tools on the PC running NinjaTrader
2. Share off the NinjaTrader8 folder in the users directory so the PC with Visual Studio can access it.
3. From within Visual Studio, use Attach To Process, and find the NinjaTrader instance on the remote machine.
4. Bring up the Modules window, and do a search for the TMP. This will show you a DLL that has something that looks like a GUID for a name. Right click and load symbols.a
5. Right click on this module
6. Select Load Symbols
7. Browse to the shared network folder and find the TMP location.

There may be simpler methods to get this to work, but the key is that the TMP folder is what hosts the ..PDB for the compiled .DLL containing the scripts to be debugged.