Searching for my lost shaker of salt

This is my request and plea to software developers everywhere; if you write code that detects errors, PLEASE WRITE A FRICKEN DESCRIPTIVE ERROR MESSAGE.  </rant> So my automated build process at work , using Nant + CruiseControl.NET, stopped working yesterday.  I have been making numerous changes that reflect a new architecture and solution layout, so the changes were warranted.  I do one type of build that just grabs everything and puts the latest and greatest on a server.  Works no problemo.  Another type of build does a get by label; every release gets a label so this build displays all files since the last release.  Makes sense, and that is the one run less frequently.  So now I run it to test it and boom, not working.  Here it is, the world's greatest error message VSSDIFF: diff failed, error loading resource string Thank you very much, that gives me a lot of information to work with.  The <VssDiff> task from NAntContrib isn't working.  I play around with a lot of things and ensure my script is properly configured, it is.  To be sure I'm not doing something retarded I grab an older copy of the script from Source Safe and run it.  It dies as well.  Script is good, Source Safe isn't.  I try running the command against other directories in the project, they work.  Huh?  Okay, we have something here.  Now I run the command against individual subdirectories and find that my app /bin folder is the troublemaker. The project changes I made involved moving business logic into a separate solution that produced DLLs, then sharing those DLLs back into the website.  Rocket science.  And that wasn't the problem; the problem is, well, I have no clue but the solution was to purge older copies of those files from the /bin folder.  Soon as I did that I was back in business. I'm really glad Microsoft Visual Source Safe 2005 was there to help me... NOT!

One that even the boss loves: http://artscool.cfa.cmu.edu/%7Elee/deanimator.html See Zombie walk.  See Zombie come toward you.  Introduce Zombie to Mr. Shotgun.  See Zombie's head go flying.  Wash, rinse, repeat.

http://www.krugle.com/ File this under sweet!  Type in the keywords for what you are trying to code and poof!  Tons of code listings.  Filter by platform and language.  Time will tell how useful this will truly become, but it certainly has promise.

http://www.richmondcodecamp.org/default.aspx Saturday, October 7 Saturday!  Saturday!  SATURDAY!  Come on out and see all the fantastic presenters and topics.  Code camps are as much fun as they are informative.  Come meet some of the bright folks in the area talk about what they know and have learned.  This nerd-a-paloza comes at the rock bottom price of your time.  But wait, there's more--- there are pretty good door prizes and food as well.  You can't go wrong.  This coming Saturday at ECPI in Innsbroke. See you there!

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