Using Preprocessor Symbols

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Question: How do I set a variable like XBOX, XNA or MONOGAME true or false?

Elaboration: So there is this neat thing in c# that is the '#' (edit: preprocessor directives).

Used by me to divide my code up into regions:

#region SomeRegion
void Function() lalalala
#endregion


And by code I've seen to check platforms or lower level stuff:

#if MONOGAME
do moar stuf;
#endif

#if EDITOR (unity)
some editor specific stuf
#else
runtime specific stuff
#endif


But I want to know if I could do something like:

#MONOGAME = true


(I have tried that)

Background: I'm trying to import farseer into a monogame project. the #if !MONOGAME statement is not triggering false, and so it defines Vector2 along with xna's vector2, and so i want to manually set MONOGAME to 'true'.

#if !MONOGAME

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Thanks @RonBeyer for pointing me in the right direction.

After a bit of research I found what I needed, a global preprocessor symbol.
This will trigger #if xyz queries true.

#if xyz

You can create a global one in project properties -> build -> general -> conditional compilation symbols.

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