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Guoqi Zheng - 10 Jan 2005 09:50 GMT

Dear sir,

What is the difference between build and rebuild... when should I use build
and when to use rebuild??

Thanks

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Peter van der Goes - 10 Jan 2005 13:22 GMT

> Dear sir,
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> Thanks

I hope I'm remembering this correctly...
Selecting "Build" allows for selective recompilation of those parts of a
solution that have changed since the last build, where "Rebuild"
unconditionally rebuilds all components of the solution unconditionally.
The difference becomes significant with large solutions when only (for
example) one code module has been modified.

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Mohan Nalinaranjan [MSFT] - 10 Jan 2005 19:09 GMT

1. The Build Solution option compiles only those project files and
components that have changed since the last build. For example consider
that you have two projects Proj1 and Proj2 in your solution MySolution.
When you compile the solution using Build Solution option after making some
changes to Proj1 only Proj1 will be compiled and built but Proj2 will not
be compiled since there are no changes to it.

2. On the other hand the Rebuild Solution option builds all project files
and components irrespective of the changes made to them. For example
consider that you have two projects Proj1 and Proj2 in your solution
MySolution. When you compile the solution using Rebuild Solution option
after making some changes to Proj1, both Proj1 and Proj2 will be compiled
and built even though there are no changes made to Proj2.

Thanks
Mohan

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Peter van der Goes - 16 Jan 2005 13:48 GMT

> 1. The Build Solution option compiles only those project files and
> components that have changed since the last build. For example consider
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Thanks for confirming, Mohan.

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