>Finally found the line of code that's giving the Build issues and it's:
>
> SqlParameter ReturnMsg = new SqlParameter("@ReturnMessage", SqlDbType.VarChar, size: 200);
>
>Apparently, it doesn't like the ':' after the 'size' keyword.
>
>Oddly enough, it has no issues with the same bleedin' line of code in another program and it's the same bleeding code I see in any kind of documentation for stupid output parameters. I'm not seeing the issue - do another set of eyes see anything wrong with it?

Out of curiosity, it would be interested to know if this approach would work without giving an issue on the size.

Dim loDataParameter As IDbDataParameter = Nothing
Dim loSqlCommand As SqlCommand = Nothing
Dim loSqlDataAdapter As SqlDataAdapter = Nothing
Dim loSqlParameter As SqlParameter = Nothing
Dim loParameters As New Collection

loSqlDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter
loSqlCommand = New SqlCommand

loSqlParameter = New SqlParameter()
loSqlParameter.ParameterName = "ReturnMsg"
loSqlParameter.Value = "Your value"
loSqlParameter.SqlDbType = SqlDbType.VarChar
loSqlParameter.Size = 200

loParameters.Add(loSqlParameter)

' Only add the parameters if we have some
If loParameters.Count > 0 Then

   ' For each parameter
   For Each loDataParameter In loParameters
      loSqlCommand.Parameters.Add(loDataParameter)
   Next

End If

loSqlDataAdapter.SelectCommand = loSqlCommand