Re: VS 2003 compiling error

Try a rebuild. This removes all temporary files and builds.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
Ambiguity has a certain quality to it.

"Sukhdev" <Sukhdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:E317D4CA-C1E3-4ED9-BB68-AF1B57A85B57@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I am having a weird problem with Visual Studio 2003 IDE. I am working on a
> solution that has about 20 projects. All of these projects are libraries
> except one which is the Startup project for the solution. The solution is
> connected to Visual Source Safe, and I opened the solution from the
> 'Source
> Control'.
>
> Now, whenever I make any change in the GUI using designer (or sometimes
> when
> I just change the code), I can not compile the solution after that. The
> build fails with the following error:
>
> Unable to write to output file 'C:\xxx\...Data.dll': The process cannot
> access the file because it is being used by another process.
>
> The name of the dll file in the error message is also not consistent. It
> comes up to be any one of the project dll's. When I see this error, I have
> no
> way to compile the solution even after I close and re-open the solution.
>
> There is only one trick that works .. Close the solution, delete the
> 'SolutionName.suo' file from the solution directory and then reopen the
> solution again. This trick is very cumbersome and I loose all my settings
> like open files, break points and all other IDE settings.
>
> Also, I always see an 'Unspecified error' message whenever I close this
> solution. I do not see this message box when I open any other
> project/solution.
>
> Does anyone else have similar problem!!! Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in Advance !!!!!
>
>
>
>


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