System Option

Select an option to determine whether a message box appears if you run or debug a project when it is out of date.

The On click Run, if .NET application projects are out of date drop-down list on the General tab of the System Options dialog box controls the appearance of a message box when a project is out of date.

This table describes the selections available in the drop-down list:

Drop-down list selections for incremental builds

Selection

Effect when you click or select Run or Debug

Ask me

(Default selection.) Causes a message box to appear if the current project has been modified since the last time it was deployed, or if it has never been deployed before.

Always redeploy

Always redeploys a project before running or debugging it. It first rebuilds the project using the rebuild scope set in the Project painter.

Never redeploy

Never redeploys a project before trying to run it, although it does deploy a project that has not been previously deployed, and then attempts to run or debug that project. (Do not use this option to debug a project that you have previously deployed.)

The message box that prompts you to redeploy an out-of-date project appears only when the drop-down list selection is “Ask me.” This selection changes automatically to “Always redeploy” if you click Yes in the message box when the “Do not ask me again” option is selected. It changes to “Never redeploy” if you click No. You can always reset the option from the System Options dialog box.