Microsoft has released the source code for .Net FCL (Foundation class libraries). Now you can easily debug any method or class present in .Net Base libraries. This paves a very good way for the growth of applications and there by .Net. You wont be stuck up some where while using .net just because your application was malfunctioning because of some .Net library issue or you just want improve the way you use the library objects.
This release is only for debugging purpose and you need to configure you visual studio 2008 IDE before you can start debugging a detailed instructon on how to do this is give here
Currently you can browse and debug the C# source code for the following .NET Framework libraries
NET Base Class Libraries (including System, System.CodeDom, System.Collections, System.ComponentModel, System.Diagnostics, System.Drawing, System.Globalization, System.IO, System.Net, System.Reflection, System.Runtime, System.Security, System.Text, System.Threading, etc
ASP.NET (System.Web, System.Web.Extensions)
Windows Forms (System.Windows.Forms)
Windows Presentation Foundation (System.Windows)
ADO.NET and XML (System.Data and System.Xml)
But this to work, needs a working internet connection and cannot be downloaded as an offline setup package. The corresponding symbols and PDB’s will be downloaded automatically during the process of debugging and will be cached in your system in a path which you specify during the configuration
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