requirements to debug into c++ from another language

The driver app (java, c#, MS-excel ...) had better use dynamic linked library to access C++ code. (Not sure if a static library can suffice.) Before the app terminates, we attach our debugger (gdb, MSVC etc) to that process.

http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/topic,6419.0.html has a popular write-up about MSVC debugger. i guess if you use g++ to compile, then you may need gdb; if you used MSVC to compile, then you may need MSVC debugger.

Obviously We need source code used to compile the library. Of course, the library must be compiled with -G.