Re: [Conditional] question

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From: Marc Jennings (MarcJennings_at_community.nospam)
Date: 01/10/05 

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:37:40 +0000

Thanks for that. I guess I would have seen this if I had read the
docs properly.

It's not a problem, though. I'll just have to go back to the old
switch(Environment.MachineName) kind of thing (Which I probably prefer
anyway...)

Thanks again, both responders...

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:53:12 -0500, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
<mvp@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote:

>Marc,
>
> You aren't going to be able to do this. The reason is that the
>Conditional attribute is evaluated at compile-time, not run-time. It is
>strictly for pre-processor values, not environment values.
>
> If you want to do something based on the environment, you are going to
>have to write code that will detect the environment you are in, and then
>make the appropriate calls.
>
> Hope this helps.

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