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Is your VS2005 project "clean"?

When I tried to upgrade a WinForm project integrating Microsoft OWC from Sept CTP to RTM recently, I faced an error that some assemblies are missing, like the "MSDATASRC 8.0.. blah blah".

I'm pretty sure I clean all CTP products properly and then install the RTM of VS2005. Therefore, I guess there are something wrong in the registration of the OWC component. I uninstall the component and then manually install it. It works. The component is visible in my toolbox and I'm able to drag & drop the control on my WinForm:

Therefore, I listed out my un/re-install/register procedures and informed my colleagues. Ouch... No luck, all of the errors appear in his machine... I have no idea but later, he can compile the project successuflly in VS2005 RTM by clicking 1 button! The magic is... the "Clean" button when right-clicking the project name in Solution Explorer.

I can't search any useful information about the use of this option on MSDN site... What's the actual use of this mysterious Clean option?

Colt Kwong

The Binding Handle is Invalid in VS 2005 Resolved

I tried to run one of my WinForm 2.0 solution in my home machine tonight, but a confusing error message displayed when I pressed the F5 button: "Unable to attach debugger. The binding handle is invalid"... What's the binding handle in VS2005? I did a quick search on the product feedback site and luckily, I found the resolution at here.

In short, the solution is to start the Terminal Services in Computer Management panel manually.
(Terminal Services hook up with debugger in VS2005?)

Colt Kwong

Errors in using BackgroundWorker Component in WinForm 2.0 Development

Colt Kwong

A new book and Starter Kit for ASP.NET v2.0

Congrats to a friend of mine - Bipin for the release of his ASP.NET 2.0 book and the ASP.NET jobs site starter kit.

Colt Kwong