How to switch off DocFX in visual studio in debug mode while active in release mode?

Question

I added DocFX to visual studio to generate web documents for my C# code. However, for every compilation it creates new documents which takes long time. Is there a way to switch it off in visual studio when I don't need it?

I know it is possible to uninstall/install it but this is the last resort.

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 18 '19 at 03:38

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You can edit the .csproj and add this line

<BuildDocFx Condition=" '$(Configuration)'=='Debug' ">false</BuildDocFx>

to the first <PropertyGroup> to disable docfx during debug builds

answered Feb 18 '19 at 03:38

Suchiman

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Works well on WPF project .Net 4.0 Visual Studio 2017. – Sorush Mar 28 '19 at 14:05
Also works well with Visual Studio 2019 with .Net Core 2.x. – slasky Apr 19 '19 at 02:40

How to switch off DocFX in visual studio in debug mode while active in release mode?

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