Need .NET code to execute only when in debug configuration

Question

I have some code that access an API out on the web. One of the API\'s parameters allows me to let them know that I am testing.

I would like to only set this parameter in

Answer 1

In addition to #if #endif directives, you can also use conditional attributes. If you mark a method with the attribute

[Conditional("Debug")]

It will only be compiled and run when your application is built in debug mode. As was noted in the comment below, these only work when the method has a void return type.

Answer 2

Here is another post with a similar result : http://www.bigresource.com/Tracker/Track-vb-lwDKSoETwZ/

A better explanation can be seen at : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4y6tbswk.aspx

// preprocessor_if.cs
#define DEBUG
#define MYTEST
using System;
public class MyClass 
{
    static void Main() 
    {
#if (DEBUG && !MYTEST)
        Console.WriteLine("DEBUG is defined");
#elif (!DEBUG && MYTEST)
        Console.WriteLine("MYTEST is defined");
#elif (DEBUG && MYTEST)
        Console.WriteLine("DEBUG and MYTEST are defined");
#else
        Console.WriteLine("DEBUG and MYTEST are not defined");
#endif
    }
}