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reggaeguitar
reggaeguitar

Reputation: 1804

How to get Debug.WriteLine to work in custom build configuration?

Using 

this.Database.Log = s => System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(s);

in the ctor of my data context class only works (prints queries to the output window) in Debug build configuration.

What do I need to do to get it to print to the output window in Visual Studio for a custom build configuration (not Debug)?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 532

Answers (1)

Scott Chamberlain
Scott Chamberlain

Reputation: 127563

All methods in the System.Diagnostics.Debug class have [Conditional("DEBUG")] on them, that means if the DEBUG compiler symbol is not set from the calling code then the code does not run.

If you want your custom build configuration to run those methods you need to turn on the DEBUG compile symbol. Before you try that you may want to switch to the System.Diagnostics.Trace class, that is enabled by default in both debug and release and relies on a [Conditional("TRACE")] on each method.

Upvotes: 4

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