In the documentation is says the following way to allows for easy debuging of plugins:
Setting up Visual Studio
* Now go to the Debug tab, and select Start external program
Unfortunately, this option is not available in the Express version.
But a workaround exists:
Go to your project directory and edit (or create) the .csproj.user. e.g. Warnings.csproj.user in Sample Plugin\Sound Warning.
Add the following lines in the
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
section:
<StartAction>Program</StartAction>
<StartProgram>C:\aoc\Conan Stats Beta\Conan Stats.exe</StartProgram>
Your file should look like :
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
<StartWorkingDirectory>C:\aoc\Conan Stats Beta\</StartWorkingDirectory>
<StartAction>Program</StartAction>
<StartProgram>C:\aoc\Conan Stats Beta\Conan Stats.exe</StartProgram>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
<StartWorkingDirectory>C:\aoc\Conan Stats Beta\</StartWorkingDirectory>
</PropertyGroup>
</Project>
This work around was posted noted by Dalen and he found it here