Problem with debug watch with "empty" web project in solution

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From: Brad (nospam_at_co.lane.or.us)
Date: 02/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 13:47:01 -0800

When debugging my current web project, in VS2003, I found I had lost the
ability to drill down on watch objects in the Watch Window; I could only
view the single value specific watch objects.

Here's what I discovered. In addition to my main web project and several
middle tier projects, I also added an "empty" web project in my solution
(Add - New Project - Empty Web Project). This empty web project is what is
causing the above problem. If I remove the empty project or alternately add
code so that something will compile in it then watch objects in debug work
correctly.

I created the "empty" project so my solution could include a "project" to
manage (add, delete, update from VS2003) items in root web folder which
contains all of my shared items, such as style sheets, images, client
script, etc.....but this project contains no .Net code (no assembly,
global.asax, aspx or bin.) I had also set my solution config so the Shared
project is not included in the builds ( I am not trying to debug anything
in the "empty" project)

Not sure if this is a bug or if I'm miss using VS so I thought I'd post this
to see what feedback I might get.

Thanks

Brad

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