What is the difference between a release build and a debug build?

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Hi All,

Silly question but I have a difference in the Release build and the Debug build of some code. If I perform a Release build the code works(!) if I do a Debug build it doesn't.
I have tried it Exactly the same code (just change the location in Visual Studio) release works, debug does not.
Can anyone shed some light on why?

Glenn

Posted 23-Apr-14 6:41am

glennPattonWork3

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CHill60 23-Apr-14 12:57pm

When you say "does not work", in what way - any error messages?

glennPattonWork3 23-Apr-14 13:00pm

Sorry! Sorry! Should have removed message, I found it was what I was interfacing to was causing the problem (Ctrl-Z, Undo is wonderful!!)

CHill60 23-Apr-14 13:03pm

Glad you found the issue!

glennPattonWork3 23-Apr-14 13:16pm

You are not only one!!

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2014-04-23T07:57:00

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Answered only to remove from unanswered list - solved by OP.

Posted 23-Apr-14 7:57am

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glennPattonWork3 23-Apr-14 13:58pm

Thanks Griff!

OriginalGriff 23-Apr-14 14:00pm

No problem, Glenn!

sreeyush sudhakaran · Answer 2 · 2014-04-24T07:16:00

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Release build creates a final DLL or EXE with all version information and Metadata of your project where Debug build contains only Debug mode Pdb and Metedata you cannot export a Debug DLL to other projects or Register this in Windows

Posted 24-Apr-14 7:16am

sreeyush sudhakaran