How to determine if compilation debug="true" in web.config

Question

I am drawing a blank here for something that should be simple...

I am trying to do something like:

    <my:control runat="server" id="myid" Visible="<%= (is compilation debug mode?) %>" /> 

Answer 1

The HttpContext.IsDebuggingEnabled property:

using System.Web;  if (HttpContext.Current.IsDebuggingEnabled) { /* ... */ } 

From the documentation:

Gets a value indicating whether the current HTTP request is in debug mode[…] true if the request is in debug mode; otherwise, false.

Answer 2

This should get you the <compilation> element in the <system.web> section group:

using System.Web.Configuration ;  . . .  CompilationSection compilationSection = (CompilationSection)System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection(@"system.web/compilation") ;  . . .  // check the DEBUG attribute on the <compilation> element bool isDebugEnabled = compilationSection.Debug ; 

Easy!