How to: Install a Visualizer

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Applies to: yesVisual Studio noVisual Studio for Mac

Note

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After you have created a visualizer, you must install the visualizer so that it will be available in Visual Studio. Installing a visualizer is a simple process.

Note

In UWP apps, only the standard text, HTML, XML, and JSON visualizers are supported. Custom (user-created) visualizers are not supported.

To install a visualizer for Visual Studio 2017 and older

Important

Only .NET Framework visualizers are supported in Visual Studio 2017 and older.

  1. Locate the DLL that contains the visualizer you have built.

  2. Copy the DLL to either of the following locations:

    • VisualStudioInstallPath \Common7\Packages\Debugger\Visualizers

    • My Documents\ VisualStudioVersion \Visualizers

  3. Restart the debugging session.

Note

If you want to use a managed visualizer for remote debugging, copy the DLL to the same path on the remote computer.

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