PluginDevHelper

Simple utility that allows you to automatically unload/reload an x64dbg plugin while developing with Visual Studio.

Installation

1. Start PluginDevServer and keep it running in the background
2. Install the PluginDevHelper plugin
3. Nativate to you plugin's Properties -> Build Events in Visual Studio
4. Pre-Link Event -> Command Line: if exist "$(ProjectDir)PluginDevBuildTool.exe" ("$(ProjectDir)PluginDevBuildTool.exe" unload "$(TargetPath)")
5. Post-Build Event -> Command Line: if exist "$(ProjectDir)PluginDevBuildTool.exe" ("$(ProjectDir)PluginDevBuildTool.exe" reload "$(TargetPath)")
6. Create a symbolic link (mklink or Link Shell Extension) to you plugin's output file in x64dbg's plugins directory
7. Copy PluginDevBuildTool.exe next to your .vcxproj file

Expected behavior

When building the plugin with Visual Studio and the output file is loaded in an open x64dbg instance:

1>------ Build started: Project: XmmYmm, Configuration: Release Win32 ------
1>plugin.cpp
1>PluginDevBuildTool: Failed to obtain exclusive access, requesting to unload XmmYmm.dp32
1>PluginDevBuildTool: Exclusive access to XmmYmm.dp32 obtained!
1>   Creating library C:\Projects\XmmYmm\bin\x32\XmmYmm.lib and object C:\Projects\XmmYmm\bin\x32\XmmYmm.exp
1>Generating code
1>Finished generating code
1>XmmYmm.vcxproj -> C:\Projects\XmmYmm\bin\x32\XmmYmm.dp32
1>PluginDevBuildTool: Requested reload of XmmYmm.dp32
========== Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

From x64dbg's perspective:

[PluginDevHelper] PluginDevHelper: plugunload "XmmYmm"
[PLUGIN] XmmYmm.dp32 unloaded
[PluginDevHelper] PluginDevHelper: plugload "XmmYmm"
[PLUGIN, XmmYmm] Expression function "xmm" registered!
[PLUGIN] XmmYmm v1 Loaded!