VS2008 C# BindingFailure fail, online help fail. Give up, revert code.

– May 12, 2009Posted in: General

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This blog is called “Error_Success” after the Windows non-error code of the same name. I wonder if there is an ERROR_JUSTGIVEUP for when things go really really badly? Like the mess I managed to get Visual Studio 2008 into earlier. I don’t know exactly how I managed to so thoroughly break the project, but I managed to have an assembly conflicting with itself at runtime.

The online help wasn’t much help either, as you can see.

Thank god I have the source safely living in a Subversion repository. One revert later and all was sane again.

Tags: .net, c++, compiler, error, Visual Studio

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Malcolm Standring

There was a Microsnaft “buglet” in earlier versions, I’ve just hit whilst using VS8, and in my case the prob is identical to earlier versions – according to Microsnaft, it “auto-probes” by design, except there is no sensible file exists check (which it may genuinely not). Try hitting “Continue” (maybe a couple of times), see if your prog otherwise works – if so, one workaround is to turn off the BindingFailure debug assistant (ARRGHHH!). You may NOT have “badly fouled up” your code! I’ve only just found it, more research to do, I’ll let you know if I find a better workaround, other than kicking the legs from underneath debugging.

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