Chapter 16 Quick Reference

Chapter 16 Quick Reference

To	Do This
Prepare a Web site for debugging	Include the following in Web.Config: <system.web> <compilation debug="true"/> </system.web>
Enable tracing for an entire application	Include the following in Web.Config: <system.web> <trace enabled="true"/> </system.web>
Enable tracing for your page	Set the Page class's trace attribute to true using either the property page in Visual Studio or by declaring trace=true in the page directive
Debug a Web application in Visual Studio	Ensure that the debug attribute is turned on in Web.Config Start the program running in debug mode by 1. Selecting Debug | Start Debugging from the main menu OR 2. Hitting the F5 key
Set up breakpoints in an application in Visual Studio	Place the cursor on the line at which you'd like to stop execution and 1. Select Debug | Toggle Breakpoint OR 2. Hit the F9 key
Execute a line of source code in the Visual Studio debugger	While the debugger is running and execution has stopped at the line you'd like to execute 1. Select Debug | Stop Over from the main menu OR 2. Hit the F10 key
Step INTO a line of source code in the Visual Studio debugger	While the debugger is running and execution has stopped at the line you'd like to execute
Instruct ASP.NET to show a specific page when an error occurs	Assign the error handling page to the specfic error in the <customErrors> section of Web.Config
Trap specific errors in ASP.NET	Handle uncaught exceptions within the Application_Error handler in Global.ASAX. Usually, redirect to a specific page