C#.net build options

16y2.9kVisual Basic .NET

I would like to know how to use the ConfigurationManager for building (compiling) various parts
of a C#.net 2008 windows application. Can you tell me the following:
1. How do you setup more options for 'building' configuration settings (like 'test-servera', 'test-serverb').
This would be in addition to the default options of 'debug' and 'release'?
2. If I setup a solution that has several projects in it, how could I setup 'selected project files' that I want to work with? In other words, I would to 'pick' what modules I want to build in a particular run of the application?

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PJ Martins16y ago
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For your first question, if you click on the drop down for the current setting, click on Configuration Manager. Now you can select from the Active solution configuration. This will allow you to create custom settings.
For the second question, the only thing you could do is load / unload projects based on which ones you want to be included. Right click on a project and select Unload Project to unload it, or right click on an unloaded project and select Reload.
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PJ Martins16y ago
If you unload a project, it will still be included in the solution, it just won't be included in the next build you do for the solution.
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dc16y ago
What do you mean by load/unload? Does that mean to remove the project from the solution? Does it mean to just not include the project in the particular build?
Thanks!
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