How to disable automatic build when starting debug?

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

Jim Hudson - 31 Dec 2007 17:51 GMT

Every time I launch a debug session for one of the projects in my VS 2005
solution, VS first runs a build. Unfortunately, in my current environment,
that build takes about 5 minutes.

Is there any way to disable the automatic build that happens just before I
begin debugging?

Thanks for the help!

Signature

Jim Hudson

Reply to this Message

WenYuan Wang [MSFT] - 02 Jan 2008 04:33 GMT

Hello Jim,

According to your description, you want to debug the project without
compiling. Because, the build takes about 5 minutes in your current
environment, correct? If I misunderstood anything here, please feel free to
correct me. Thanks.

Sure, you can achieve that by the following steps.
#1 right-click on your solution in Solution Explorer
#2 click on "Configuration Manager" in Context Menu
#3 clear the checkbox in "build" column in "Project Context" Panel.

Note: please don't forget to check the "Build" checkbox if you make any
change in source code. Otherwise, the change in code will not take effect,
because VS doesn't compile it automatically. thanks.

Hope this helps. If there is anything unclear, please feel free to update
here again. It's my pleasure to assist you.
Have a great day,
Best regards,

Wen Yuan
Microsoft Online Community Support
==================================================
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Reply to this Message

Jim Hudson - 02 Jan 2008 14:29 GMT

Thanks, WenYuan! That's EXACTLY what I was looking for.

Could you do me a favor? I searched my MSDN library for quite a while,
looking for articles that might describe this. I was searching using keys
like "automatic build debug". No articles describing build configuration or
the Configuration Manager Dialog Box were returned by my searches.

Could you tell the folks who author the content in MSDN that the
documentation about build configurations could use a little work?
Specifically, it would help if there was an article that described the
function and usage of build configurations (e.g., that the configuration is
automatically built prior to starting debug).

Thanks!

Jim

Signature

Jim Hudson

> Hello Jim,
>
[quoted text clipped - 21 lines]
> ==================================================
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Reply to this Message

WenYuan Wang [MSFT] - 03 Jan 2008 11:02 GMT

Hello Jim,

Thanks for your feedback. I will pass this information for project team.
Hope they can release more detailed document on MSDN Library.
By the way, if you have any more great suggestion, you can also feel free
to post them on our connect feedback portal at
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/
Improving the quality of our products and services is a never ending
process for Microsoft. :)

Have a great day,
Best regards,

Wen Yuan
Microsoft Online Community Support
==================================================
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Reply to this Message

Rate this thread:

How to disable automatic build when starting debug?

Free Magazines