Trace.IsEnabled

[Tiësto]

Should I always check if Trace is enabled before attempting to use
Trace.Write or Trace.Warn? will it throw an exception if I don't? will It
make thing slower if I write entries in the trace when I haven't trace
enabled neither at application level nor page level?

Another Question: Is there any easy automatic way to see the full code
execution path for a given request? I would like to see all of the members
that were accessed and the order.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Brock Allen]

You don't need to check Trace.IsEnabled prior to writing out trace messages,
hough if you're going to do any sort of significant work to build the trace
message then you can avoid that work by checking the IsEnabled first.

As for the full code execution path, I'd suggest getting a code analyzer
to do this. Reflector sort of does this. It's a great tool to have if you
don't already.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

 

[Tiësto]

thanks for your answer, I've heard about Reflector, but I think I never
really needed it. I'll have it in mind.