Conditional Methods Sample
This sample demonstrates conditional methods, which provide a powerful mechanism by which calls to methods can be included or omitted depending on whether a symbol is defined.
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To build and run the Conditional Methods sample within Visual Studio
In Solution Explorer, right-click the project and then click Properties.
Open the Configuration Properties folder, and then click Debug.
Set the Command Line Arguments property to A B C.
In the Configuration Properties folder, click Build.
Modify the Conditional Compilation Constants property.
For example, add or delete DEBUG. Click OK.
On the Debug menu, click Start Without Debugging.
To build and run the Conditional Methods sample from a command prompt
To include the conditional method, compile and run the sample program by typing the following at a command prompt:
csc CondMethod.cs tracetest.cs /d:DEBUG tracetest A B C