mysterious message

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Michael Maercker

i'm getting the (scary) message that parts of my code were changed "outside
of the code-editor"?

what does that mean?

mike
 
It means that you used another application to edit the files that were open
in the VS IDE, during the course of them being open by the VS.NET IDE.
The IDE is essentially a text editor, and in keeping with that, it will not
acquire a write-lock on files that it opens; however if you *do* write to
files that it has got open using another application, then the text that's
displayed in the editor's IDE is different to what's in the file.
You should normally click 'yes' if it asks you if you want to reload files,
that way, they will be in synch and you won't lose the changes you made in
the other application.
 
well, thanks... i figured so far myself, but: i never used an external app
to change my code. someone else must've, but i work alone, except for being
online, of course. and: i couldn't find any changes in any of the files the
ide complained about...

i still find it strange... (maybe my .net-studio-instance was just a bit
"exhausted"...)
 
Michael Maercker said:
i'm getting the (scary) message that parts of my code
were changed "outside of the code-editor"?
what does that mean?
Click to expand...

Usually, it means that you edited an open file in (say) Notepad while
it was also open for editing in the Visual Studio IDE. I suppose you
might also see this message if some other application is updating the
files or their attributes for some reason, such as an anti-virus
program.

P.
 
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