"Thomas H" <T@H> wrote in message
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> Hello everyone, got a question about a minor "annoyance"- when I go into
VS
> .NET 2003, I have it show the Start Page upon startup. It lists my
projects
> under the "Open an Existing Project" tab. But, the "Modified" date for
each
> project is incorrect- it's always the date that I created the project on.
> Is this by design, or is there an error for this part of the IDE?
>
> Has this happened to anyone else?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Thomas
>
>

"Peter van der Goes" <p_vandergoes@toadstool.u> wrote in message
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>
> "Thomas H" <T@H> wrote in message
> news:Oz1SLXZdEHA.1648@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Hello everyone, got a question about a minor "annoyance"- when I go into
> VS
> > .NET 2003, I have it show the Start Page upon startup. It lists my
> projects
> > under the "Open an Existing Project" tab. But, the "Modified" date for
> each
> > project is incorrect- it's always the date that I created the project
on.
> > Is this by design, or is there an error for this part of the IDE?
> >
> > Has this happened to anyone else?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -Thomas
> >
> >
> It is by design. What you and I think of as modifying a project, like
> adding/changing code in a module, doesn't fit the official definition of a
> modification.
> Here's a description:
> "Visual Studio .NET 2003 uses the date of the .sln file as the Modified
date
> in the Start Page, so that if the .sln file is not modified, the date
shown
> in the Start Page does not change. The .sln file is modified when you add
> or remove projects, change solution options, change project dependencies,
> etc. Just opening a solution and working on your code, for example,
> doesn't update the .sln file. "
>
> There has been some discussion about changing this in the next version,
but
> I don't know if it will change or not.
>
> --
> Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
> Jack of all trades, master of none.

"Thomas H" <T@H> wrote in message
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> "Peter van der Goes" <p_vandergoes@toadstool.u> wrote in message
> news:OBKb%235ZdEHA.3316@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "Thomas H" <T@H> wrote in message
> > news:Oz1SLXZdEHA.1648@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > Hello everyone, got a question about a minor "annoyance"- when I go
into
> > VS
> > > .NET 2003, I have it show the Start Page upon startup. It lists my
> > projects
> > > under the "Open an Existing Project" tab. But, the "Modified" date
for
> > each
> > > project is incorrect- it's always the date that I created the project
> on.
> > > Is this by design, or is there an error for this part of the IDE?
> > >
> > > Has this happened to anyone else?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > -Thomas
> > >
> > >
> > It is by design. What you and I think of as modifying a project, like
> > adding/changing code in a module, doesn't fit the official definition of
a
> > modification.
> > Here's a description:
> > "Visual Studio .NET 2003 uses the date of the .sln file as the Modified
> date
> > in the Start Page, so that if the .sln file is not modified, the date
> shown
> > in the Start Page does not change. The .sln file is modified when you
add
> > or remove projects, change solution options, change project
dependencies,
> > etc. Just opening a solution and working on your code, for example,
> > doesn't update the .sln file. "
> >
> > There has been some discussion about changing this in the next version,
> but
> > I don't know if it will change or not.
> >
> > --
> > Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
> > Jack of all trades, master of none.
>
> Great, thanks, Peter! Was that in a Microsoft doc? I searched the 'net
but
> couldn't find anything that even mentioned the modified date.
>
> And it's good to know that nothing's "broken" on my end! Thanks again!
>
> -Thomas
>
>

"Thomas H" <T@H> wrote in message
news:Oz1SLXZdEHA.1648@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hello everyone, got a question about a minor "annoyance"- when I go into
> VS
> .NET 2003, I have it show the Start Page upon startup. It lists my
> projects
> under the "Open an Existing Project" tab. But, the "Modified" date for
> each
> project is incorrect- it's always the date that I created the project on.
> Is this by design, or is there an error for this part of the IDE?
>
> Has this happened to anyone else?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Thomas
>
>