title: c++: How to debug a C++ application compiled using the "Microsoft Visual C++" toolchain in eclipse?
body: <p>I have installed Eclipse CDT and CDT Visual C++ Support (from the Yoxos Marketplace).</p>
  
  <p>This lets me compiled and run a C++ application, however, I cannot debug it.</p>
  
  <p>So, I have installed a gdb windows binary using the mingw distribution. Now, when I try to debug, the following message is displayed in the console - <strong>No symbol table is loaded.  Use the "file" command.</strong></p>
  
  <p>My uneducated guess is that gdb cannot debug binaries produced by the Visual C++ compiler.</p>
  
  <p>My question is - how do I debug C++ code in eclipse built using the Visual C++ toolchain?</p>
  
  <p>My environment:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Windows 7 64 bits</li>
  <li>Eclipse Indigo (the latest version at the moment)</li>
  <li>Visual Studio 2010, hence Visual C++ ver 10</li>
  <li>GNU gdb (GDB) 7.3.1</li>
  <li>I do not know how to get the version of CDT, but I have this jar - org.eclipse.cdt_8.0.0.201109151620.jar, so I guess the version is 8.0</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>
  
  <p><strong>P.S.</strong></p>
  
  <p>Moving to the MinGW g++ compiler is off scope for this question, so please - do not suggest it as the answer.</p>