<p>In most modern IDEs, you can have Debug and Release build configurations, and you can quickly switch between them.</p>

<p>In Delphi 7, this does not seem to be possible. I have to go to Project Settings and toggle optimization and all the debug information stuff manually.</p>

<p>It would be great if there was a plugin or some such that handled this for me.</p>

<p>Does anyone know of one? Any other suggestions?</p>

<p><strong>Edit:</strong> I can't upgrade to Delphi 2007 or 2009 as we have a large Delphi 7 codebase which would have to be converted. I agree that would be the best solution in theory though :P</p>

I don't know of any build-configurations plugin for Delphi 7, but you could however simulate this;
Just apply an include-file in every unit of your project(s) (which is a smart thing to do anyways) and let it adjust itself to one single define, like this :
--- ExampleIncludeFile.inc ---
```
```
{$IFDEF DEBBUG}

{$OPTIMIZATION OFF}
{$RANGECHECKING ON}
// etc

{$ELSE}

{$OPTIMIZATION ON}
{$RANGECHECKING OFF}

{$ENDIF}
```
```
Now, if you add DEBUG to the Compiler defines in your .dof project settings, you'll get a Debug-build, and if you remove it, you get a release build. Other setups are entirely possible too ofcourse.
Delphi 2005 does have Build Configurations embedded in the Project Manager (Release and Debug only), and Delphi 2009 add even more to this, with nice little things like 'Option sets' and custom 'Configurations' (that you could even mark as Default for all new projects). Give it a look, it's a really great product!