Visual Studio .NET Build / Execute App

[KMerker]

While developing a C++ App using VS.NET, all of a sudden, my App automatically executes right after I perform a Build. This is annoying.

It is a project specific setting because it doesn't do this on other projects.

I don't recall changing any settings, but I must have by accident. Any ideas on how to turn this setting off?

Thanks,

[kuphryn]

Did you select build from the menu or did you press a key?

Kuphryn

[KMerker]

Did you select build from the menu or did you press a key?

Kuphryn


When I select Build from the menu.

It only executes the app if it had to re-compile one or more of the cpp files. So, if I make a program change, then select Build, it builds it, if there are no errors, it automatically runs the app.

[Andreas Masur]

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[KMerker]

Ok, here was the problem. This drove me nuts and I had to figure it out before doing anything else.

When I added ATL support it must then launch the program for some reason after linking. ATL support adds the lines,

// App was launched with /Register or /Regserver switch.
if (cmdInfo.m_nShellCommand == CCommandLineInfo::AppRegister)
{
_AtlModule.UpdateRegistryAppId(TRUE);
_AtlModule.RegisterServer(TRUE);
return FALSE;
}

The linker launces the program with the Regserver switch. So these statements would close the app immediately and I would never no the app ran.

However, in earlier code, I had commented out the line,

ParseCommandLine(cmdInfo);

Therefore the if block returned false and the program continued to run