Converting Visual Studio 2003 Web Projects to 2005

Saturday, April 29, 2006 10:49:36 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)

I ran into some problems converting my VS 2003 web projects to 2005.  Specifically around how I was using configuration files and build events in VS 2003.  After poking around on the net I found that Microsoft had published a VS 2003 Web Project for 2005.  You can get it at http://webproject.scottgu.com/.  After installing it and following the directions for converting my project, it took care of all of the issues I was having.

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Debugging Windows Services with Visual Studio 2005

Wednesday, April 19, 2006 5:59:46 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
Couple of months ago I stumbed across an approach for debugging windows services on MSDN (http://www.sysknowlogy.com/2006/01/28/Better+Way+For+Debugging+Windows+Services.aspx)
 
With Visual Studio 2005 you can use the vsjitdebugger.exe and managed code.  Here is the registry entry.
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\ServiceHost.exe]
"debugger"="vsjitdebugger.exe"
 
Replace ServiceHost.exe in the reg entry with the name of your executable.  You no longer have to edit the environment path variable.

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