How do I check if Debug is enabled in web.config

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I have some code from my VB.NET 1.1 days that allowed me to dynamically check if Debug was enabled in web.config. I figured why re-invent the wheel in turning on/off logging if I could simply have the web administrator enable debug. Here is the code I used in VB.NET that worked just fine:

ConfigurationSettings.GetConfig("system.web/compilation").Debug.ToString()

When I wanted to convert this to C# and use it in .NET 3.5 I ran into some trouble and it wouldn't work. Additionally, I would like to use the newer construct of ConfigurationManager.GetSection. Can anyone suggest how best to read the system.web/compilation/debug=true|false value?

Much appreciated!

asp.net debugging c#
3 Answers

Use:

HttpContext.Current.IsDebuggingEnabled

This property actually looks at the web.config configuration setting. If you look at it using Reflector you will find that it gets the actual ConfigurationSection object using some internal classes.

driis_136270

the following should work 

var cfg=(System.Web.Configuration.CompilationSection) ConfigurationManager.GetSection("system.web/compilation");
if (cfg.Debug)
{
...
}
Josh_261600
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