I had a custom module set up within the "Desktop Modules" solution provided with DNN.  I was able to set breakpoints in my module and things were fine.  I needed to put my module in Source Safe, but didn't want to put the DNN stuff in Source Safe.  So, I had a cunning plan...

I made a project with just DNN, a build support project, and my two projects (main and sqlprovider).  In the build support, I set the output directory to the /bin folder of DNN, referenced the two module projects, and set CopyLocal to "TRUE" for each reference.  In the two custom projects, I referenced the DNN project and set CopyLocal to "FALSE" for each project.  I then added my two modules to Source Control, and everything compiled and seemed to run just fine.  I opted not to build DNN in the Config Manager.

I was quite proud of myself, as I must have finally understood how everything relates.  That was until I needed to debug something in one of my custom modules.  I set a breakpoint in my main module, and nothing happened.  Everythng was set to compile in debug mode, so that wasn't it.  I went back to the DesktopModules solution that was working, and it seemed to work fine...  Although somehow I was writing files to my VSWebCache folder in My Documents.  I had run into this before, but deleting the webcache folder cured it then.  Not now, evidently.  Also, when I put a breakpoint in DNN in ModuleSettings, I think, and as I stepped through, I ended up in a VB file that was not being used at the moment, but had at one point been referenced via an "imports" statement from the module I wanted to debug.

That told me that somehow, my dlls were not stacking up right, or that the proper projects were not looking at each other right.

If I only had four projects in a solution, how should they reference each other so I can step through my code in the module?  The four projects are DNN, BuildSupport, my main module project, and my sqlprovider module project.  I must have done it with blind luck the first time.  And what's up with the VSCache?  Anyone know what happens to cause that?

Thanks,

Davey Bolling