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    Is there clean-build in Visual Studio 6.0?

    I am working few days now with Visual Studio 6.0 and so far I see some *.tmp and *.log files created by VS 6.0 environment.

    Is there some "Clean Project" button or can I somehow clean my project manually?

    By the way, *.log files are just text files.
    How about *.tmp files?

    They seem to be binary as ordinary text editor cannot display them as text

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    Re: Is there clean-build in Visual Studio 6.0?

    .tmp files are by definition temporary. We have to clean these out manually. Note. Not all tmp files may belong to VB.

    When the mood hits me, I'll go and select all the .tmp files and hit the DEL key. If I get a warning that one or more can't be deleted, I simply skip them and continue. The more often you clean these up, less hassle when deleting. I would think one could set up Windows task scheduler to run a batch that will clean on a routine basis?

    Edited: Never clean these up while VB is open. If you delete its active tmp file, your current project in the IDE fails to run until you close VB. You'll get an error saying VB couldn't find the tmp file.
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    Re: Is there clean-build in Visual Studio 6.0?

    In VB6 IDE-->Tools-->Options-->General tab, disable "Compile on demand". It seems to be the default. Here is what MSDN says about it:

    "Compile On Demand — Determines whether a project is fully compiled before it starts, or whether code is compiled as needed, allowing the application to start sooner. If you choose the Start With Full Compile command on the Run menu, Visual Basic ignores the Compile on Demand setting and performs a full compile."
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    Re: Is there clean-build in Visual Studio 6.0?

    My guess is that if the IDE crashes, some of the TMP files might be used the next time, especially if you don't edit the corresponding source file. I don't know if that's what VB6 does, or saves flags in case of crashes, so not to use corrupt files. In C++, files are individually compiled into OBJ files, and source file timestamp is used to see if the file need to be recompiled.

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    Re: Is there clean-build in Visual Studio 6.0?

    Never used this option. Will definitely give it try.

    As for the IDE crashing, yes it happens some times, when I try to add a new line or set some variable to a new object

    Well, the problem might be me deleting the tmp files

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