Debug and Release Configurations

Visual Studio provides two default possibilities for compiling your projects. Both of these possibilities are represented by configurations. By default, Visual Studio offers two built-in configurations:

Image Debug—When the Debug configuration is active, the Visual Basic compiler generates debug symbols that the Visual Studio debugger can process. Without these symbols, you cannot debug your applications with the Visual Studio debugger.

Image Release—The Release configuration basically excludes debug symbols from the build ...

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