[RESOLVED] Debug vs. Release

[bluej774]

In Visual Basic .NET 2003, what's the difference between debug and release versions of compiled programs? Thanks.

[Phill64]

In Visual Basic .NET 2003, what's the difference between debug and release versions of compiled programs? Thanks.

Exactly what it implys, when in debug mode, a debugging file is also compiled (which you will find in \bin) and this allows you to set breakpoints and hop to lines where exceptions occur. Whereas Release is the final product and thus cannot be deconstructed to assist in fault finding.

In other words any error that occur in your app will just be an error and close down the program, unlike in debug mode

[wossname]

The compiled EXE's are different too, the debug is significantly slower at math than release.