FIX: "No Files Changed" Error When You Copy Child Web of Root Web (166663)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual InterDev 1.0
This article was previously published under Q166663

SYMPTOMS

After copying a root Web site where files have changed since the previous copy, you may receive an incorrect error message that "No Files have changed to your Web since you last published to http://servername." The changed files are copied to the destination server, although the error message is displayed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual InterDev 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION

This is a known problem in the copy Web process. The changed files are copied successfully regardless of the error message.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Open Visual InterDev.
  2. Create a Web project on the root Web.
  3. From the Project menu, select Copy Web.
  4. Type in a destination Server Name.
  5. Under options select Copy Child Webs (for root only).
  6. Click OK.
  7. You get a message stating that the Web was copied successfully.
  8. Add a new file to the Web project.
  9. From the Project menu, select Copy Web.
  10. Type in a destination Server Name.
  11. From the Options menu, select Copy Child Webs (for root only).
  12. Select Copy changed files only.

REFERENCES

For the latest Knowledge Base articles and other support information on Visual InterDev and Active Server Pages, see the following page on the Microsoft Technical Support site:

http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=vinterdev

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/2/2006
Keywords:kbBug kbDeployment kbfix kbIDEProject kbVisID600fix kbWebServer KB166663
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