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C# / VS2008: Add separate debug / release references to a project

When adding a user control or a project reference to a VS 2008 C# project, I can add only one configuration of the assembly. Is it possible to add separate configurations, depending on the configuration of the container project.

E.g. I am developing a user control, and I am working on a sample application. I want to add the user control so that a debug build of the sample will use the debug build of the user control, and the release build of the sample the release build of the user control.

Any suggestions?

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peterchen Avatar asked Mar 29 '09 10:03

peterchen


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2 Answers

<Reference Include="MyLibrary">   <HintPath>..\$(Configuration)\MyLibrary.dll</HintPath> </Reference> 

This add a reference "..\Debug\MyLibrary.dll" if compiled in debug mode or ..\Release\MyLibrary.dll" if compiled in release mode.

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Salvatore Previti Avatar answered Oct 12 '22 11:10

Salvatore Previti


You can do this by editing the csproj file; add a "Condition" attribute to the reference.

<Reference Include="Foo" Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'"/> <Reference Include="Bar" Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'"/> 

However, I would have concerns about what this means for unit testing.

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Marc Gravell Avatar answered Oct 12 '22 11:10

Marc Gravell