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Archives / 2006 / August
  • Windows service setup projects - Unable to build custom action error

    I ran into another under-documented snag upgrading my solution to Visual Studio 2005. It has a Windows service used for behind-the-scenes maintenance sorts of tasks that run on a regular basis, and a corresponding setup project. Now, it's also got setup projects for command-line apps and web apps, and all of those upgraded fairly well--it got confused on the output, so I had to delete and re-add the appropriate Primary Output to each project, but after that, all the setup projects built fine, except the Windows service one.

  • Ambiguous match found

    Looks like I've been away a few months. Sorry 'bout that. I've had stuff to write about but not enough time to set aside to do so, which is a little ironic; one of the main reasons I created this blog was so I could take 5 minutes and jot down stuff I find out while developing, largely in case it helps others, not so I could write my usual verbose 5000 word essays (which is what my AspAlliance site is for!).