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From: VM (vonchi_m_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/24/04 

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:35:09 -0400

My solution has 4 projects, and two of those projects have a reference to a
ZM_Utilities project (a class library) that's part of the solution.
Whenever I compile to test, I "Build Solution", with Active Solution
Configuration = Debug (and everything underneath in Debug). The only time I
do a "Batch Build" is when I need to create a "Release" version of the Win
applications for the users to test.

In my ZM_Utilities.Utilities class, I added a new method but when I
recompile everything, the projects don't recognize the new method. So I went
to all directories and erased all copies of ZM_Utilities.dll because they
all had modification dates previous to the time I added the new methos..
When I compile again, one of the errors I get is: "Metadata file
'C:\Zipmaster7\Dev\ZMmatch\bin\Release\ZM_Utilities.dll' could not be
found".

Why is it looking for a a DLL in Release if everything I'm doing is in Debug
mode? And how can it automatically update all DLL copies in the Solution
dir. once I make a change to it? Even if I compiled that ZM_Utilities, the
date doesn't change. And when I erase it, it'll copy an older version of the
DLL (not the modified one).

Any help would be appreciated.

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