Write to Debug in release mode

Question

I have an exception that I need to swallow (exception during logging), however I dont want the exception information to be completely lost to the mists of time and so I figured I may as well at least output it to debug using

Debug.Write(ex.ToString());

That way if it becomes necessary support can at least use DebugView on the machine having problems.

Trouble is the Debug class is removed in release mode - how do I output something to debug whilst in release mode?

Answer 1

Simply use

Trace.Write(ex.ToString());

This does the same as Debug.Write(ex.ToString()); but won't be removed in Release mode (as long as you didn't remove the definition of the TRACE constant in your project settings)