where to set a development variable?

[Keith G Hicks]

In my windows apps I always set a global development variable so that I can
toggle certain blocks of code back and forth between production and
development settings. I'll run some startup code that sets something like
DevVar = TRUE or DevVar = FALSE and then do this in code where needed:

If DevVar Then
....do something
ELSE
... do something else
END IF


I have no idea where to set something like (web.config, some global vb code
unit???) that in an asp.net 2.0 app and what it would be (session var??).
Looking for any advice.

Thanks,

Keith

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

Re: where to set a development variable?

"Keith G Hicks" <krh@comcast.ne twrote in message
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Looking for any advice.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GZEZ_en-GBGB252GB252&q=ASP.NET+%22conditional+compilation%22&meta=

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP

http://www.markrae.net

[Keith G Hicks]

Re: where to set a development variable?

This is pretty much what I was looking for:

<configuratio n>
<!-- application specific settings -->
<appSettings>
<add key="connString " value="connecti on string" />
</appSettings>

<system.web>
...
</system.web>
</configuration>" Keith G Hicks" <krh@comcast.ne twrote in message
news:#zghhYyfIH A.748@TK2MSFTNG P04.phx.gbl...

In my windows apps I always set a global development variable so that I

can

toggle certain blocks of code back and forth between production and
development settings. I'll run some startup code that sets something like
DevVar = TRUE or DevVar = FALSE and then do this in code where needed:
>
If DevVar Then
....do something
ELSE
... do something else
END IF
>
>
I have no idea where to set something like (web.config, some global vb

code

unit???) that in an asp.net 2.0 app and what it would be (session var??).
Looking for any advice.
>
Thanks,
>
Keith
>
>

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

Re: where to set a development variable?

"Keith G Hicks" <krh@comcast.ne twrote in message
news:OKn2IJzfIH A.536@TK2MSFTNG P06.phx.gbl...

>In my windows apps I always set a global development variable so that I
>can
>toggle certain blocks of code back and forth between production and
>development settings. I'll run some startup code that sets something like
>DevVar = TRUE or DevVar = FALSE and then do this in code where needed:
>>
>If DevVar Then
> ....do something
>ELSE
> ... do something else
>END IF
>>

>
This is pretty much what I was looking for:
>
<configuratio n>
<!-- application specific settings -->
<appSettings>
<add key="connString " value="connecti on string" />
</appSettings>
>
<system.web>
...
</system.web>

OK, but that's actually not what you asked for... You asked for a method to
use a variable to toggle *blocks of code*, and even gave an example of it,
which is why I gave you the Google link for articles on how to do
conditional compilation in ASP.NET...

If you are now saying that you want to be able to use, essentially,
different web.configs for development / production etc, then you need this:

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/01/28/vs-2008-web-deployment-project-support-released.aspx

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP

http://www.markrae.net