I'd never come across this either but it turns out to be a timely piece of side-tracking - I've been meaning to look at how to modify the MSBuild process for some time. Also reminded me of one of my pet peeves - why the *heck* did MS not use XML for the solution file !

>Well, ol' dopey me didn't bother to see *what* Microsoft.Common.Targets even was. So, I'm probably wrong with my suggestion! Ignore me Greg and listen to Viv!! <g>
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>~~Bonnie
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>>Isn't Microsoft.Common.Targets just related to the IDE build process?
>>But don't see much info about it except this :http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms164312(VS.80).aspx
>>(Usual UT bracket problem with the link)
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>>>Your referenced DLL probably also has a reference to Microsoft.Common.Targets, so I'm betting that you don't have a reference to that in your new project. Add it and you should be good...
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>>>~~Bonnie