.net 3.5 - Access the StackTrace when deploying in Release mode

Question

I'm not entirely sure if the StackTrace does not work correctly when deploying in release mode, however, we want to log all the exceptions so we can make bug tracking easier when deploying, and of course, deploying in debug mode is not an option. The info we need from the StackTrace class is the file name, the method, and the line number in which the exception occurred.

What settings do I need to get these three values from the StackTrace and minimize the extra debugging info that deploying in Debug mode brings?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You would need to deploy your .pdb symbol files in order to do that in Release mode (and possibly turn off some optimisations, which may or may not be acceptable).

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