MSDN Webcast: Automating .NET Build Processes to Interact with COM Components (Level 300)  

From a Microsoft .NET Framework build perspective, consuming evolving Component Object Models (COM) is not a trivial matter. This webcast describes how SunGard in Christchurch, New Zealand has extended its automated build processes to be able to interact with .NET and COM components. Learn how SunGard was able to compile .NET solutions from Microsoft Visual Source Safe with strong naming, version stamping, and copyright stamping. You will also learn how SunGard automatically produced interoperability files for the ever-changing COM components. This webcast also describes how SunGard produced publisher policy files that allow the company to patch the minimum number of files in a client installation.

Presenter: Brent Clark, Build Process Architect, SunGard

Brent Clark manages the build process for a large 10-year-old system produced and maintained by SunGard in Christchurch, New Zealand. This system is made up of approximately three million lines of code  that are written mostly in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 but now extend into Microsoft Visual Basic .NET. Brent's responsibilities have included the automated analysis and compilation of Visual Basic 6.0 and .NET projects. He has also worked on deployment to internal clients and also branching and reintegrating separate subproject environments.

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