How to request administrator permissons only on release builds?

Question

Description: I want my application to request administrator permissions only when it is compiled using my Release configuration. The main reason for it is that I do not need the administrator permission when debugging/developing the app, but it requires administrator permission when delivered.

Currently I only use the app.manifest file for requesting the administrator permissions with the following code:

<requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false" />

Now to my question: Where in my project file ( name.csproj ) do I have to include the app.manifest file in order to only embed it when I'm using my "Release" configuration?

I use the following code to include the app.manifest file inside the project file:

<ApplicationManifest>app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>

Answer 1

After taking another look at my project file I figured out where to put it.

Answer: Inside the following PropertyGroup in the project file ( name.csproj ), which represents the "Release" build,
you have to put the following code to include the app.manifest file:

<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|AnyCPU'">
    ...
    <ApplicationManifest>app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
</PropertyGroup>

This allows to only request administrator rights on "Release" builds. It can also be added on other build configurations as well.