How do you determine if a program is running in the Visual Studio
IDE/debugger as opposed to standalone? We often include support files in the
same folder as the executable and would so something like:

Dim SupportFile As String
SupportFile = Application.StartupPath & "\SupportFile.txt"

But of course this fails when running in the IDE as the executable is in the
BIN folder so we need to do something like this:

Readonly Property SupportFilesPath() As String
Get
If IsIde() Then
SupportFilesPath = Application.StartupPath & "..\"
Else
SupportFilesPath = Application.StartupPath & "\"
End If
End Get
End Property

Need to implement that IsIde() function/property...

Thanks, Rob.

system.diagnostics.debugger.isattached

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"Rob Nicholson" <rob.nicholson@NOSPAM_informed-direct.com> wrote in message
news:%23Gbgt7$(E-Mail Removed)...
> How do you determine if a program is running in the Visual Studio
> IDE/debugger as opposed to standalone? We often include support files in
the
> same folder as the executable and would so something like:
>
> Dim SupportFile As String
> SupportFile = Application.StartupPath & "\SupportFile.txt"
>
> But of course this fails when running in the IDE as the executable is in
the
> BIN folder so we need to do something like this:
>
> Readonly Property SupportFilesPath() As String
> Get
> If IsIde() Then
> SupportFilesPath = Application.StartupPath & "..\"
> Else
> SupportFilesPath = Application.StartupPath & "\"
> End If
> End Get
> End Property
>
> Need to implement that IsIde() function/property...
>
> Thanks, Rob.
>
>

Maybe this will help:
http://www.dotnet247.com/247referenc...48/240629.aspx

Rgds,
Anand
VB.NET MVP
http://www.dotnetindia.com

"Rob Nicholson" wrote:

> How do you determine if a program is running in the Visual Studio
> IDE/debugger as opposed to standalone? We often include support files in the
> same folder as the executable and would so something like:
>
> Dim SupportFile As String
> SupportFile = Application.StartupPath & "\SupportFile.txt"
>
> But of course this fails when running in the IDE as the executable is in the
> BIN folder so we need to do something like this:
>
> Readonly Property SupportFilesPath() As String
> Get
> If IsIde() Then
> SupportFilesPath = Application.StartupPath & "..\"
> Else
> SupportFilesPath = Application.StartupPath & "\"
> End If
> End Get
> End Property
>
> Need to implement that IsIde() function/property...
>
> Thanks, Rob.
>
>
>

Rob Nicholson schrieb:
> How do you determine if a program is running in the Visual Studio
> IDE/debugger as opposed to standalone? We often include support files in the
> same folder as the executable and would so something like:

You may want to experiment with:

\\\
#If Debug Then
Console.WriteLine("Debug mode.")
#Else
Console.WriteLine("Release mode.")
#End If
///

You can check if a debugger is attached by calling
'System.Diagnostics.Debugger.IsAttached'. I think that's more what you
want to find out than checking the 'DEBUG' constant.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>