Set application output type programmatically

Question

I am programming an application using the command line application output type to display debug information in the console while MOGRE is handling the actual window creation

Answer 1

You can achieve this if you edit the .csproj manually:

• Right click on the project node in Solution Explorer
• Select "Unload Project"
• Right click on the project node in Solution Explorer
• Select "Edit MyApp.csproj"

Move the property group Xml element from the Xml element without Condition to the property group with conditions corresponding to build configuration / platform.

Before:

  
    ...
    Exe
    ...
  
  
    ...
  
  
    ...
  

After:

  
    ...
  
  
    ...
    Exe
    ...
  
  
    ...
    WinExe
    ...
  

And finish:

• Right click on the project node in Solution Explorer
• Select "Reload Project"

Here is a proof example:

class Program
{
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
#if DEBUG
        Console.WriteLine("test");
#else
        Application.Run(new Form1());
#endif
    }
}

It works, but I don't think this is officially supported, so use at your own risk :-)