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Asked: 2026-06-15T22:43:31+00:00

Please consider the following simple code and then I will ask my question. public

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Please consider the following simple code and then I will ask my question.

public static void Save(XmlDocument saveBundle)
    {
        ThreadStart threadStart = delegate
        {
            SaveToDatabase(saveBundle);
        };

        new Thread(threadStart).Start();            
    }

The issue with using threads in Visual Studio (2005) is you can’t walk through them easily (I believe there is a way to switch threads which I have not looked into as I’m hoping there is an easier way).

So, in live, my code is more complex that then example above and we use a new thread as it’s time critical but the principal is the same. Most importantly, it is not time critical in test!

At the moment, I will probably do something like using the #if debug but it just feels wrong to do so – Am I using the #if in the correct way here or is there a better way to resolve this?

public static void Save(XmlDocument saveBundle)
    {

   #if debug
      {
        SaveToDatabase(parameters);
        }
   #else
        {
            ThreadStart threadStart = delegate
            {
                SaveToDatabase(parameters);
            };

            new Thread(threadStart).Start();
        }
   #endif
      }
    }

Although I’m stuck on .NET 2.0 I am interested in any version from .NET 20. onwards (I’m sure one day I’ll leave the Jurassic period and join everyone else)

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  1. Editorial Team

    If what you truly want to do is not use the threading in your debug build – this is the correct way to do it and probably the quickest and most capable way of doing it as well. It may look a bit ugly but the alternative are just more bools, configurations and other work arounds.

    If you’re interested in debugging the thread directly (this is important perhaps if concurrency is an issue! You should always test as close to the production environment as possible) then you can simply go (Debug -> Windows -> Threads) and then right click the thread you would like to debug and “Switch to Thread”.

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