Building and Running

You can run your application at any time by selecting either Start or Start Without Debugging from the Debug menu, or you can accomplish the same results by pressing either F5 or Ctrl+F5, respectively. In addition, you can start the program by clicking the Start icon (

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The program can be built, i.e., EXE and DLL files generated, by selecting a command under the Build menu. You have the option of building the entire solution or only the currently selected project.

For a full discussion of application deployment, please see Chapter 22.

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