Property Pages Settings for Web Projects
You can change the property settings for a web site debug configuration in the Property Pages dialog box, as discussed in Debug and Release Configurations. The following tables show where to find debugger-related settings in the Property Pages dialog box.
Important
Some of these settings don't apply to ASP.NET Core. To configure debug settings for ASP.NET Core, see Project settings for C# debug configurations (.NET 5+, .NET Core).
Start Options category
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Start Action | Heading that groups options related to application startup. |
| Current Page | Specifies the current page as the starting point for debugging. |
| Specific page: | Specifies the Web page where you want to begin debugging. |
| Start external program: | Specifies the command for launching the program you want to debug. |
| Command line arguments: | Specifies arguments for the command specified above. |
| Working directory: | Specifies the working directory of the program being debugged. In Visual C#, the working directory is the directory the application is launched from, \bin\debug by default. |
| Start URL | Specifies the location of the Web application you want to debug. |
| Don't open a page. Wait for a request from an external application | Says to wait for a request from an external application. This option does not launch a browser or another application. It just prepares for debugging when called by an application. |
| Server | Heading that groups options related to the server to be used. |
| Server type | Says to use IIS Express or an External Host. |
| Project URL | Allows you to enter the Base URL to use as the server. |
| Override application root URL | Allows you to change the default application root URL. |
| Debuggers | Heading that groups options related to type of debugging to be done. |
| ASP.NET | Enables debugging of server pages written for the ASP.NET development platform. You must specify a URL in Start URL. |
| Native code | Enables you to debug calls to native (unmanaged) Win32 code from your managed application. |
| SQL Server | Allows debugging of SQL Server database objects. |
| Silverlight | Allows debugging of Silverlight components. |