This sample demonstrates conditional methods, which provide a powerful mechanism by which calls to methods can be included or omitted depending on whether a symbol is defined.
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To build and run the Conditional Methods sample within Visual Studio
In Solution Explorer, right-click the project and click Properties.
Open the Configuration Properties folder, and click Debug.
Set the Command Line Arguments property to "A B C" (without the quotation marks).
In the Configuration Properties folder, click Build.
Modify the Conditional Compilation Constants property (for example, add or delete DEBUG) and click OK.
From the Debug menu, click Start Without Debugging.
To build and run the Conditional Methods sample from the Command Line
To include the conditional method, compile and run the sample program by typing the following at the command prompt:
csc CondMethod.cs tracetest.cs /d:DEBUG tracetest A B C