Strange compiling behaviour of VSN2003

[Malfunction]

I'm currently working with two projects.

Namspace A is a winForms app and namespace B a library.

 

When pushing CTRL+F5 (run without debugging) it would only compile namespace A. So I always push "save all" before hitting CTRL+F5.

 

Maybe there's an option to automatically compile all changed files so I wont have to push the save button?

 

Now here's the strange behaviour and I can reproduce it:

 

-I added this to a control in namespace B:

MessageBox.Show("hello");

 

-saved all files and pressed CTRL+F5

--> the message box wouldn't show

 

- I changed the displayed text in the mb to:

MessageBox.Show("hello world");

 

-saved all files and pressed CTRL+F5

-- the message box pops up displaying "hello"

 

-now I don't change anything and don't save it either all I do is press CTRL+F5 again

--> the messageBox pops up displaying "hello world"

 

It is pretty anoying to run the application twice in order to have it compile to the latest version...

[samsmithnz]

I'm not sure exactly what is wrong here, but I'm working on a project like yours at the moment where I have several projects that call each other in the same solution. When ever I make a change I do two things:

 

1. Ctrl+Shift+S (to save everything)

2. Crt+Shift+B (to build everything)

 

then I press F5 or refresh my webpage (depending on the project I'm working on).

 

THis works for me everytime, and is only two small quick hotkey presses.

[Malfunction]

thx it works that way.......

[Nerseus]

Assuming you have your dependencies setup (project A depends on project B) then compiling/running A should detect a change in project B. If it doesn't, it might not copy over the new DLL (to the bin\debug folder) every time.

 

I've had the best luck with a full rebuild when using multi-project solutions. Assuming project A's reference to project B says "copy local", everything should be fine (copy local is the default - it copies the compiled DLL to the bin\Debug folder).

 

-Nerseus