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Property Pages Settings for Web Projects

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You can change the property settings for a web site debug configuration in the Property Pages dialog box, as discussed in Debug and Release Configurations. The following tables show where to find debugger-related settings in the Property Pages dialog box.

Important

Some of these settings don't apply to ASP.NET Core. To configure debug settings for ASP.NET Core, see Project settings for C# debug configurations (.NET 5+, .NET Core).

Start Options category

Setting Description
Start Action Heading that groups options related to application startup.
Current Page Specifies the current page as the starting point for debugging.
Specific page: Specifies the Web page where you want to begin debugging.
Start external program: Specifies the command for launching the program you want to debug.
Command line arguments: Specifies arguments for the command specified above.
Working directory: Specifies the working directory of the program being debugged. In Visual C#, the working directory is the directory the application is launched from, \bin\debug by default.
Start URL Specifies the location of the Web application you want to debug.
Don't open a page. Wait for a request from an external application Says to wait for a request from an external application. This option does not launch a browser or another application. It just prepares for debugging when called by an application.
Server Heading that groups options related to the server to be used.
Server type Says to use IIS Express or an External Host.
Project URL Allows you to enter the Base URL to use as the server.
Override application root URL Allows you to change the default application root URL.
Debuggers Heading that groups options related to type of debugging to be done.
ASP.NET Enables debugging of server pages written for the ASP.NET development platform. You must specify a URL in Start URL.
Native code Enables you to debug calls to native (unmanaged) Win32 code from your managed application.
SQL Server Allows debugging of SQL Server database objects.
Silverlight Allows debugging of Silverlight components.

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