BUG: StartUp Project changed when "Get Latest Version" loads the StartUp project file (313898)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 6.0, when used with:
    • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2003), Professional Edition
    • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2002), Professional Edition
    • Microsoft Visual Studio, Enterprise Edition 6.0
This article was previously published under Q313898

SYMPTOMS

If your solution is under Source Code Control and you make changes to your StartUp Project in a way that affects the project file, and then another user selects Get Latest Version from the Source Code Control system, your StartUp Project reloads correctly but a different project is selected as the StartUp Project.

RESOLUTION

Click the StartUp Project again, right-click the project name, and then click Set as StartUp Project.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The following is a list of examples of actions that change the project file:
  • Add a project item
  • Remove a project item
  • Rename a project item
  • Add a reference
  • Remove a reference
  • Change a project property
NOTE: This is not a complete list of actions that can change the contents of a project file.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create a Visual Basic Distributed Enterprise Template Application.
  2. Set the StartUp Project to any project except BusinessFacadeProjects.
  3. Click to select the root Enterprise Template Project node.
  4. On the Project menu, click Unload Project.
  5. Right-click the root Enterprise Template Project node.
  6. Click Reload Project.
  7. Examine the expanded node. Startup Project is set to the BusinessFacadeProjects project.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/25/2006
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