How do you exclude a piece of code for debug?

[Emile_Schwarz]

To search about a bug (my previous thread), I needed toe xclude from execution a piece of code at Run time (not in the application).

So, because I develop on macOS, I used

#If TargetWindows
…/…
#EndIf

How do you do that ?

PS: I cannot use Cut, then Paste because I am always in low memory condition and the Clipboard Operations are not reliable.
Moving the code into TextEdit document also have its drawback.
For me, the code MUST STAY WHERE IT IS.

Here’s how it looks:

The #If block is collapsed, and that is good for me.

[Michael_Hußmann]

#If not DebugBuild Then
  // some code
#Endif

[Rick_Araujo]

#If False // Never include this in debugs or apps, but keep the code here
  
  MessageBox "aaa"
  MessageBox "aaa"
  MessageBox "aaa"
  MessageBox "aaa"
  MessageBox "aaa"
  MessageBox "aaa"
  
#EndIf

@Emile_Schwarz

I develop on macOS, I used

#If TargetWindows
…/…
#EndIf

That’s the equivalent to what you did, but for ANY case or platform.

It’s like

  // MessageBox "aaa"
  // MessageBox "aaa"
  // MessageBox "aaa"
  // MessageBox "aaa"
  // MessageBox "aaa"
  // MessageBox "aaa"

But collapsible

[Emile_Schwarz]

@Michael_Hußmann

#If not DebugBuild Then

That is for Application run, not debug build.

Thank you Rick, works fine (I do not even wrote real code in the #If block ! totally ignored. Now I have to remember the trick.

[Rick_Araujo]

@Emile_Schwarz

Now I have to remember the trick.

Comment your block for the future or you will find such code and wouldn’t know why is it there useless, also, that that code IS USELESS

At least

#If False // Removed
  ...
#EndIf

[Emile_Schwarz]

No I used the exclude code block to allow me to test the two other dates columns:
In the project I have a ListBox with:

date of birth // Must hold a date
date in // Must hold a date
date out // May hold a date

So, excluding the read code in the column where I know there is an error (at debug time) I let the program load all Records.

[Michael_Hußmann]

@Emile_Schwarz

That is for Application run, not debug build.

Ah, I see. I’ve misunderstood your intention (“I needed toe xclude from execution a piece of code at Run time (not in the application)”) and thought you wanted to exclude the code when you hit ‘Run’ (i.e. in debug mode) but not in the application.

[Rick_Araujo]

A more “documented” way to kill code leaving tracks could be like

Just some constant False more easily to track

Collapsed

[Rick_Araujo]

@Michael_Hußmann

thought you wanted…

Me too. For a moment. But over the years I learned that sometimes Emile says something but was thinking another thing, needing more “decoding” of the intentions.