Enable Debugging in Web.Config

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Versions:  2008,2010
Published:  12/14/2010
Code:  vstipProj0026

 

If you have ever created a web project in Visual Studio then you have undoubtedly encountered this dialog:

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A quick read tells you that it will modify the Web.config file to enable debugging:

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There are a couple of things to point out here:

1.  You can avoid the dialog by editing your Web.config file manually and setting debug to true.

2.  There is a dialog to have you turn on debugging but there is NOT one to have you turn it off again before you deploy to production.