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I'm developing a library for use in other apps and this library has lots of debugging and logging statements thanks to NLog.
Is it possible to exclude the reference to NLog.dll when I switch to release mode?
Cheers,
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In Solution Explorer, right-click the project and choose Properties. In the side pane, choose Build (or Compile in Visual Basic). In the Configuration list at the top, choose Debug or Release. Select the Advanced button (or the Advanced Compile Options button in Visual Basic).
By default, Debug includes debug information in the compiled files (allowing easy debugging) while Release usually has optimizations enabled. As far as conditional compilation goes, they each define different symbols that can be checked in your program, but they are language-specific macros.
Restart Visual Studio, create a new C# UWP app project, and then right-click on the project and choose Add Reference.
Debug Mode: In debug mode the application will be slow. Release Mode: In release mode the application will be faster. Debug Symbols. Debug Mode: In the debug mode code, which is under the debug, symbols will be executed. Release Mode: In release mode code, which is under the debug, symbols will not be executed.
You can manually edit the csproj file, and do something like this:
<Reference Include="NLog" Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'" />
This only makes it reference that assembly in Debug. I wouldn't recommend doing this often though, because this behavior isn't reflected in the references list in Visual Studio when you change the configuration. It does work when compiling though
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The only way I know is to take the reference out completely and call the assembly via reflection. Then, you should only log if the assembly loads.
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