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POUsing the #if directive in designer generated code with windows forms for conditional compilation
 

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    <p><strong>Background</strong>:</p> <p>I have a C# Windows Forms application that contains a Windows service and an interface used to configure system settings as well as communicate with the service.</p> <p><strong>Desired Outcome</strong>:</p> <p>I would like to build two versions of the solution - a <em>client</em> version with all the Windows service related code and form elements and a <em>server</em> version that contains everything.</p> <p>The form contains a tabbed control, where one tab contains elements used to interface with the Windows service using sockets. All I'm really trying to achieve is that for a full build the tab containing service related elements is compiled, while for a conditional build the same tab is excluded.</p> <p><strong>Problem</strong>:</p> <p>At this stage I've used #if directives around the Windows service related code. For example:</p> <pre><code>#if SERVERBUILD //Code relating to Windows service that I do not want to compile //for a client version. #endif </code></pre> <p>In the above example, 'SERVERBUILD' corresponds to a build configuration that I can select via the Configuration Manager (as opposed to the standard 'Release' build option).</p> <p>The issue I'm having is that some of the code I've had to wrap this #if directive around lies in the WinForm.Designer.cs file in the region titled '<em>Windows Form Designer generated code</em>'.</p> <p>What seems to be occurring is that when I make a change to some of the form properties, this entire region of code seems to be deleted and re-generated, thereby removing the #if sections I had added.</p> <ul> <li>Am I going about this the right way?</li> <li>Is there a way to avoid the situation where I am losing the changes I've made in the WinForm.Designer.cs code?</li> </ul> <p>I would really appreciate any advice from anyone with experience with conditional compilation and this sort of stuff.</p>
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    1. COCould you supply a general overview of your code? What is done where? I suspect you have a major problem with decoupling GUI from logic.
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    2. CONot a decoupling issue, as I am not trying to control code other than GUI elements. I added a bit more detail about what I'm trying to do.
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