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This may sound crazy but I have many copies of a .net project's source code in source control but am trying to figure out which copy of the source code in the version control system is the correct code that was used to build the currently deployed production application's projects. The application was deployed several years ago and we have several versions of the source code but don't know which version in source control matches the actual production's code. I have read about reflector but was wondering if there was a more simple was to go. Can anyone help?
modified 24-May-16 12:39pm.
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Can't unless you adhered to a rational software lifecycle pattern and it sounds like you (or they?) didn't. Look for a branch or a label or something that might give a clue. Which version control system?
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They have Sourcesafe but we don't even know if the correct code is even there.
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Decompiling and diff'ing against the source versions? The version with the least differences should be your best bet.
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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When you say decompile do you mean by using a tool like Reflector?
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Yep.
Seriously, this happened because of a lack of controls of the source code and management of the change system.
Now you're paying the price for it.
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One final thought I had was to download the production project dll's and one at a time for each dll load the project's code from source control into Visual Studio as a individual projects. Next, make sure all of the production dlls, exception for the one who's source code is being build are referenced, compile in release mode, then compaire file sizes. Does this this make since?
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It MIGHT work, but you have several possible problems.
First, you have no idea if the code in source control is CURRENTLY the code that produced the .DLL's. The code may have been modified since the release of the .DLL's.
You also don't know if the .DLL's are compiled as RELEASE or as DEBUG. Yes, I've seen both in production.
You also have a problem where it is possible to product the same size executable from two different sources. You have no idea if constants have been modified or something similar.
It's going to take a lot more comparison besides just looking at file sizes. You're going to have to do a byte-by-byte compare of the resulting executables.
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Dave, thanks for your advise. I can see what's in source control and production and go from there.
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Even a byte-by-byte comparison may not work.
A some point in the past, Microsoft compilers started adding information to each executable file (timestamp?), so that compiling the same source twice in succession didn't create identical executable files.
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- G.K. Chesterton
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Message Closed
modified 25-May-16 17:36pm.
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That assumes the code hasn't been modified since the project was last deployed. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Yeah, I had no idea what he was posting and, frankly, putting my name in a subject line was creepy as hell.
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I deleted the other two posts before this went all Single White Female.
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Can VB.Net allow to create drill down for datagridview in windows application ?
modified 25-May-16 2:32am.
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Hi,
I'm wondering if any of you know what is the maximum number of .NET Framework CLR Runtimes that can be installed on a computer ?
I'm writing an application, that loads a specific Runtime, and, the first function I wrote enumerates through the installed Runtimes, using the ICLRMetaHost, IEnumUnknown, and ICLRRuntimeInfo interfaces. This function works correctly (I have two installed runtimes on my computer).
Thanks for any information.
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As far as I'm aware:
- 1.0 and 1.1 were separate CLRs, but only came in 32-bit versions;
- 2.0 has both 32- and 64-bit versions;
- 3.0 and 3.5 used the same CLR as 2.0;
- 4.0 has both 32- and 64-bit versions;
- 4.5 and 4.6 are in-place upgrades to 4.0;
So depending on whether you count 32- and 64-bit CLRs separately, the answer is either 4 or 6 (at the moment).
Of course, if Microsoft ever decide to release a new version of the framework that isn't an in-place upgrade to 4.0, the answer will change.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Why would there be a maximum?
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Richard Deeming and Dave Kreskowiak,
Hey, thanks for the information. Yeah, I should have mentioned either 32-bit or 64-bit versions (my app is a 32-bit version running on WOW64). More than anything, I'm just curious,...
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Hi guys,
I got new project that I need to finish asap and I'm almost done, my app is working perfect but now I have problem which I have to fix asap. Problem is with connecting to mysql database ( remote ). My database server is installed on one server which have static IP, given by my routers DHCP, and i dont have any problem connecting when im in my WORKGROUP. now my question is, is it possible that i predefine in my connection string so i can connect to that database when im at my home ( so i do not have to connect to vpn manualy ). ?
here is my conn string
dim konekcija as new sqlconnection
konekcija.connectionString =
"Data Source=SERVER IP,PORT;Network Library=DBMSSOCN;Initial Catalog=MYDATABASE;User ID=USERNAME;Password=MYPASS;>"
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If you're talking about connecting to your MySQL server from outside of your network and you need to connect VPN first to get at it, there is NOTHING you can put in the connection string that will change that. You will still have to connect VPN manually first. The DbConnection objects don't know anything about connecting a VPN first.
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Thank you for you answer now i can stop searching.
Thank you again
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