I was able to compile and run an .exe built in XP Mode with Visual Studio 2003. I then noticed the version of the source I was using was not up to date (based on a version number string). So I did a "Get Latest Version (Recursion)"
That gave me the correct version number, but also over 100 Build Errors, of thes types:
Two of these, but 2-clicking them goes nowhere:
"Error reading resources from the resource file for the default culture: Invalid ResX input. Could not find valid "resheader" tags for the .NET Compact Framework ResX reader & writer type names. Make sure this Resx file is a .NET Compact Framework Resx file."
Dozens of these; 2-clicking them also takes me nowhere:
"Object type cannot be converted to target type."
10 or a dozen of these: "Resource transformation for file 'frmAbout.resx' failed. Invalid ResX input. Could not find valid "resheader" tags for the .NET Compact Framework ResX reader & writer type names. Make sure this Resx file is a .NET Compact Framework Resx file."
2-clicking those gave me this nice "Data for Data" grid:
Finally, several like this:
"'PDAClient.PrinterPickerForm' does not contain a definition for 'AutoScaleMode'"
...which take me to code like this:
this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Inherit;
Why would simply getting the latest version of code cause all this mayhem?