When using Visual Studio to build a solution twicewithout changing anything, and then doing a binary comparisonon the assemblies (test.exe or test.dll)it shows some minor changes? What would would these changes be from? I am not auto-incrementing the version number or anything like that. Is there some kind of date/time stamp that is gets compiled in with each build? Or maybe the more relevant question would be - is there a way to compare two assemblies to see if they are the same or different?

Thanks for any info.

There's areflector plugin called diff that can do this.

http://home.imaginet.co.za/codingsanity/files/Reflector.Diff.dll

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There's areflector plugin called diff that can do this.

http://home.imaginet.co.za/codingsanity/files/Reflector.Diff.dll

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The only known remaining causes for this I know of are
-- differences in default FileAlignment. Try adding a property of this name with an explicit value. Setting the value in VS may do this.
-- the VS compilers sometimes emit IL specifically for edit and continue that they don't emit on the command line. This is harmless.

If you find any other differences please post an issue on Connect for us.
Dan -- Msbuild

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