To Debug MYOB Acumatica Framework-Based Applications

This topic describes how to link an MYOB Acumatica Framework-based application site to the database and start the MYOB Acumatica Framework application in debug mode.

To Debug an Application from Visual Studio

In Visual Studio, open the solution of your MYOB Acumatica Framework-based application.
In the Site folder of the solution, open the web.config file.

In the connectionStrings section of the file, modify the connection string by specifying the credentials to your development database as follows:

For a locally installed Microsoft SQL Server that uses SQL Server authentication (line breaks are for display purposes only)

<connectionStrings>
    <remove name="ProjectX" />
    <add name="ProjectX" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" 
        connectionString="Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=Project_Catalog; 
                          User Id=User_ID; Password=User_Password"
</connectionStrings>

For a locally installed Microsoft SQL Server that uses Windows authentication (line breaks are for display purposes only)

<connectionStrings>
    <remove name="ProjectX" />
    <add name="ProjectX" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" 
        connectionString="Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=Project_Catalog; 
                          Integrated Security=True"/>
</connectionStrings>

For a remote Microsoft SQL Server that uses SQL Server authentication (line breaks are for display purposes only)

connectionStrings>
    <remove name="ProjectX" />
    <add name="ProjectX" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" 
        connectionString="Data Source=Server_Name; Initial Catalog=Project_Catalog; 
                          User Id=User_ID; Password=User_Password"
</connectionStrings>

In the system.web section of the file, set the debug attribute of the compilation element to True, as shown in the following example.
```
<compilation debug="True" defaultLanguage="c#" 
    numRecompilesBeforeAppRestart="9999" targetFramework="4.8" 
    batch="False" optimizeCompilations="True">
```
In Visual Studio, right-click the Site folder of the solution, and click Set as StartUp Project.
Optional: If you need to debug a server error that throws an exception, do the following:
1. On the toolbar, click Debug > Windows > Exception Settings.
2. In the Exception Settings panel, which opens, expand Common Language Runtime Exceptions, and select the check box for the exception that is thrown (such as System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException).
Run the solution in the Debug mode.