[RESOLVED] [2005]VB Express: Debug versus Release

[Christineeve]

Hi,
My debug version of my application is different from my release version. I do not understand why this is, is there an article somewhere or reference that would explain this concept to me.

I've never run across this before and my manager keeps asking me why they're different and he's just not buying my "I really don't know" answer.




Thanks,

[iainpb]

Debug version includes debugging data like stack checks etc, I believe the release version is also optimised by the compiler. What differences are you noticing?

[Christineeve]

Well sometimes the release version doesn't run when you drag the exe out onto the desktop. However, when you build and publish the exe it runs as it's supposed to.

I just want to try to answer the question better than "I don't know. It works when you publish it so why worry?"

I very much appreciate your response!

[iainpb]

>>I just want to try to answer the question better than "I don't know. It works when you publish it so why worry?"

Fair enough

Is visual studio installed on the machine on which you try to show your manager? As its a debug version (with the extra embedded debug data) maybe it needs visual studio to run as well as the .net framework. The release would work because it is a properly compiled version

Just a suggestion..