Line numbering in VB.Net-- done behind the scenes for you?

[Jim Bancroft]

Hi all,

In VB6 I used a 3rd party tool for line numbering my source code, to
help with debugging. However, in experimenting with VB .Net I've noticed
that my exceptions automatically provide line numbers, with no effort
required from me. Is this a standard offering in .Net, or is rolling your
own line numbers still the way to go? Also, my components at the moment are
being compiled in debug mode. Will line numbers still be available in my
exceptions when I build in release mode?-- just checking. Thanks.

-Jim

[Cablewizard]

Yup, VB.Net knows what line is what.
Check out this snip from the help file:
Displaying Line Numbers
You can turn on line numbering in your code. Line numbers are useful for, for
example, Navigating Code and Text.

Note Turning on line numbering does not mean that the document will print
with line numbers. For line numbers to print, you must select the Line numbers
check box in the Page Setup command on the File menu.
To display line numbers in code

1.. Select Options from the Tools menu.
2.. On the Text Editor node, choose All Languages.
3.. In the Display group box on the General node, click Line Numbers.
4.. To select this option on a programming language basis, select Line Numbers
in the appropriate folder. For example, to set line numbers for Visual Basic
..NET, select Line Numbers in the Display group box in the Basic node.

Gerald

"Jim Bancroft" <bo********@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Hi all,

In VB6 I used a 3rd party tool for line numbering my source code, to
help with debugging. However, in experimenting with VB .Net I've noticed
that my exceptions automatically provide line numbers, with no effort
required from me. Is this a standard offering in .Net, or is rolling your
own line numbers still the way to go? Also, my components at the moment are
being compiled in debug mode. Will line numbers still be available in my
exceptions when I build in release mode?-- just checking. Thanks.

-Jim

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Jim Bancroft" <bo********@nowhere.com> scripsit:

In VB6 I used a 3rd party tool for line numbering my source code, to
help with debugging. However, in experimenting with VB .Net I've noticed
that my exceptions automatically provide line numbers, with no effort
required from me. Is this a standard offering in .Net, or is rolling your
own line numbers still the way to go?

Yes, if you are running a debug build, no for release builds without PDB
file.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

[Jim Bancroft]

Thanks!

-Jim