ASP.NET enables you to view diagnostic information about a request for an ASP.NET page. Tracing also enables you to write debug statements directly in your code without having to remove them from your application when it is deployed to production servers. You can write variables or structures in a page, assert whether a condition is met, or simply trace through the execution path of your page or application. You can view tracing information appended to the end of a page, or in a separate trace viewer, or both.

The topics in this section describe how tracing works, how to manage tracing, and how to integrate ASP.NET tracing with .NET system diagnostics.

In This Section

ASP.NET Tracing Overview

Application-Level ASP.NET Tracing Overview

How to: Enable Tracing for an ASP.NET Page

How to: Enable Tracing for an ASP.NET Application

Writing Custom ASP.NET Trace Messages

How to: View ASP.NET Trace Information with the Trace Viewer

Reading ASP.NET Trace Information

Walkthrough: Integrating ASP.NET Tracing with System.Diagnostics Tracing

Reference

System.Web.TraceContext: Captures and presents execution details about a Web request.

Related Sections

ASP.NET Troubleshooting and Debugging: Provides information on additional ways to diagnose ASP.NET application problems, including debugging, techniques for handling errors, and raising and responding to health monitoring events.