References to debug vs. release

[Jeff Dege]

When I am building a project in Visual Studio 2005, I can create
references to assemblies that were built by other projects. The problem
is that I don't see how to create a reference that switches between the
debug and release builds of the other project, when I switch between the
debug and release configurations of my parent project.

That is, when I'm building, running, and of course debugging a project, I
want to use the debug versions of at least some of the assemblies I
reference, so that I can step into them as I debug. When I build the
release version of a project, I want the generated assembly to reference
the release versions of the assemblies it references.

And I want to do this without having to manually drop and restore the
references in question.

Am I out of luck? Or is there a way to do this that I've simply never
figured out?
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[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

You have to make sure the compile on all projects are set to Release. I am
not sure if setting at the solution level does this or not. If not, it is a
manual process.

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"Jeff Dege" <jd***@jdege.visi.comwrote in message
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When I am building a project in Visual Studio 2005, I can create
references to assemblies that were built by other projects. The problem
is that I don't see how to create a reference that switches between the
debug and release builds of the other project, when I switch between the
debug and release configurations of my parent project.

That is, when I'm building, running, and of course debugging a project, I
want to use the debug versions of at least some of the assemblies I
reference, so that I can step into them as I debug. When I build the
release version of a project, I want the generated assembly to reference
the release versions of the assemblies it references.

And I want to do this without having to manually drop and restore the
references in question.

Am I out of luck? Or is there a way to do this that I've simply never
figured out?
--
Jefferson was unquestionably one of our giants. There was more in his
head than there has been in the heads of all the presidents in office
since he went out. He was a man of immense intellectual curiosity,
profound originality, and great daring. His integrity was of doric
massiveness. But was he always right? I don't think many reflective
Americans of today would argue that he was.
- H. L. Mencken