In VS2008SP1 (Team System, XP SP3 Pro rus)  I open ASP.NET webapplication project created in VS2003 ( .csproj contains string
ProductVersion = "7.0.9466").
For ex, [1a]

VS2008SP1 forces the conversion of project.
Everythings seems to work.
But in Properties (or Property Pages, Configuration Manager or Configuration)
I find only Debug mode. 

Though creating New ASP.NET webapp project or Website I have available
- Active (Debug)
- Debug
- Release
 
The problem is the same if I open old (apparently created in VS2003, [1a]) ASP.NET webapp as WSP (web site project), both from FileSystem (VSinternal webserver) or from LocalIIS or as WAP, i.e. from .csproj [1a].

So, the question is how to compile VS2003 webapplication in VS2008SP1 in Release mode?

What is determining in the code of website the outdated version of МЫ if I open webapplication as WSP,
i.e. without the use of VS project or solution files?

Also I'd like also to understand the differences between Active (Debug) and Debug

[1]
Thiru Thangarathinam. 15 Seconds  Deploying ASP.NET Applications - Part 1
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/030806.htm
[1a]
Download source code to [1]
http://www.15seconds.com/files/030806.zip

ASP.NET website's build bases on the debug attribute in web.config file.

You can use web deployment project to precompile ASP.NET application.

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1088760/is-there-a-visual-studio-2005-asp-net-debug-and-release-build

Up.
Who is marking my unanswered questions as resolved, I wonder?

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