diff --git a/build-support/solutions.build.nant b/build-support/solutions.build.nant
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+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<!--
+
+Rebuilding Solutions using Nant and "solutions.build":
+
+1) Move Spring.Calculator.snk -> $root/Spring.Calculator.snk
+
+2) Create virtual directories in IIS
+
+   /Spring.Calculator.2003 -> $root\examples\Spring\Spring.Calculator\src\Spring.Calculator.Web.2003
+   /SpringAir.2003 -> $root\examples\Spring\SpringAir\src\SpringAir.Web.2003
+
+3) Place solutions.build into $root/Solutions.build
+
+4) execute "nant -f:solutions.build"
+
+5) SpringAir.2003 unfort. doesn't work with this script :-(( - You need to check it manually (I'm working on it...)
+
+-->
+<project name="Spring.NET Examples" default="RebuildAllSolutions">
+
+        <property name="vs2003.install.dir.key" value="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1\InstallDir"/>
+        <readregistry property="vs2003.install.dir" key="${vs2003.install.dir.key}" hive="LocalMachine" failonerror="false"/>
+	<property name="devenv11.exe" value="${vs2003.install.dir}devenv.exe" />
+	<property name="msbuild.exe" value="C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\msbuild.exe"/>
+	<property name="buildconfiguration" value="Debug" />
+
+	<target name="RebuildAllSolutions" description="Rebuild all Solutions">
+		<call target="RebuildAllSolutions-1.1" />
+		<call target="RebuildAllSolutions-2.0" />
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="Clean">
+		<delete>
+		    <fileset basedir="examples">
+		        <include name="**/bin/**/*.*" />
+		        <include name="**/obj/**/*.*" />
+		        <exclude name="**/bin/*.refresh" />
+		    </fileset>
+		</delete>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="RebuildAllSolutions-1.1" depends="Clean">
+
+		<!-- build examples -->
+		<foreach item="File" property="filename">
+		    <in>
+		        <items basedir="examples">
+		            <include name="**/*.2003.sln" />
+		            <exclude name="**/SpringAir.2003.sln" />  <!-- unfort. doesn't work -->
+		        </items>
+		    </in>
+		    <do>
+						<property name="solutionfile" value="${filename}" />
+						<property name="solutionconfiguration" value="${buildconfiguration}" />
+						<call target="RebuildSolution-1.1" />
+		    </do>
+		</foreach>
+
+		<!-- build "main" solution (extra call because of configuration 'debug-1.1') -->
+		<property name="solutionfile" value="Spring.NET.2003.sln" />
+		<property name="solutionconfiguration" value="${buildconfiguration}-1.1" />
+		<call target="RebuildSolution-1.1" />
+
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="RebuildAllSolutions-2.0" dependes="Clean">
+		<foreach item="File" property="filename">
+		    <in>
+		        <items basedir="examples">
+		            <include name="**/*.2005.sln" />
+		        </items>
+		    </in>
+		    <do>
+						<property name="solutionfile" value="${filename}" />
+						<property name="solutionconfiguration" value="${buildconfiguration}" />
+						<call target="RebuildSolution-2.0" />
+		    </do>
+		</foreach>
+
+		<!-- build "main" solution (extra call because of configuration 'debug-1.1') -->
+		<property name="solutionfile" value="Spring.NET.2005.sln" />
+		<property name="solutionconfiguration" value="${buildconfiguration}" />
+		<call target="RebuildSolution-2.0" />
+
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="RebuildSolution-1.1" description="rebuilds a given VS2003 solution file">
+	<!-- "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" Spring.NET.2003.sln /rebuild Debug-1.1 /out solutions.build-1.1.log -->
+		<echo message="Rebuilding VS2003 Solution ${solutionfile}" />
+		<exec program="${devenv11.exe}" basedir="${devenv11.exe}">
+			<arg value="${solutionfile}" />
+			<arg line="/rebuild ${solutionconfiguration}" />
+			<arg line="/out solutions.build-1.1.log" />
+		</exec>
+<!--
+		<solution configuration="${solutionconfiguration}" solutionfile="${solutionfile}">
+	    <webmap>
+	        <map url="http://localhost/Spring.Calculator.2003" path="examples\Spring\Spring.Calculator\src\Spring.Calculator.Web.2003" />
+	        <map url="http://localhost/SpringAir.2003" path="examples\Spring\SpringAir\src\SpringAir.Web.2003" />
+	    </webmap>
+ 		</solution>
+-->
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="RebuildSolution-2.0" description="rebuilds a given VS2005 solution file">
+		<echo message="Rebuilding VS2005 Solution ${solutionfile}" />
+		<exec program="${msbuild.exe}">
+<!--
+			<arg value="/property:OutDir=${output.dir}/"/>
+-->
+			<arg value="${solutionfile}"/>
+			<arg line="/nologo" />
+			<arg line="/property:Configuration=${solutionconfiguration}"/>
+		</exec>
+	</target>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/build-support/test.release.nant b/build-support/test.release.nant
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+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<!--
+Contains tests for Spring.NET Release Distributions
+
+Requirements:
+This script uses tasks from nantcontrib
+
+Steps to perform for running tests:
+- Copy this script to Spring.NET installation root directory
+- Open Command Prompt within root directory
+- execute nant -f:test.release.nant
+
+-->
+<project name="Spring.NET Release Tests" default="TestAll">
+
+  <property name="spring.basedir" value="${project::get-base-directory()}"/>
+	<property name="spring.version.major" value="1" />
+	<property name="spring.version.minor" value="2" />
+	<property name="spring.version.build" value="0" />
+	<property name="spring.version.revision" value="287" />
+	<property name="spring.version.display" value="${spring.version.major}.${spring.version.minor}.${spring.version.build}" />
+	
+	<target name="TestAll">
+		<call target="CheckAssemblies" />
+	</target>
+	
+	<target name="CheckAssemblies">
+		<call target="CheckAssemblies-net-1.0" />	
+		<call target="CheckAssemblies-net-1.1" />
+		<call target="CheckAssemblies-net-2.0" />
+		<call target="CheckAssemblies-net-3.0" />
+	</target>
+	
+	<target name="CheckAssemblies-net-1.0">
+		<property name="platform.displayname" value=".NET" />
+		<property name="platform.name" value="net" />
+		<property name="platform.version.major" value="1" />
+		<property name="platform.version.minor" value="0" />
+		<call target="_set-platform-common" />
+		<call target="_check-assemblies" />
+	</target>
+	
+	<target name="CheckAssemblies-net-1.1">
+		<property name="platform.displayname" value=".NET" />
+		<property name="platform.name" value="net" />
+		<property name="platform.version.major" value="1" />
+		<property name="platform.version.minor" value="1" />
+		<call target="_set-platform-common" />
+		<call target="_check-assemblies" />
+	</target>
+	
+	<target name="CheckAssemblies-net-2.0">
+		<property name="platform.displayname" value=".NET" />
+		<property name="platform.name" value="net" />
+		<property name="platform.version.major" value="2" />
+		<property name="platform.version.minor" value="0" />
+		<call target="_set-platform-common" />
+		<call target="_check-assemblies" />
+	</target>
+	
+	<target name="CheckAssemblies-net-3.0">
+		<property name="platform.displayname" value=".NET" />
+		<property name="platform.name" value="net" />
+		<property name="platform.version.major" value="3" />
+		<property name="platform.version.minor" value="0" />
+		<call target="_set-platform-common" />
+		<!-- call target="_check-assemblies" / -->
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="_set-platform-common">
+		<property name="platform.binaries.path" value="${spring.basedir}/bin/${platform.name}/${platform.version.major}.${platform.version.minor}" />
+		<property name="platform.binaries.path.release" value="${platform.binaries.path}/release" />
+		<property name="platform.binaries.path.debug" value="${platform.binaries.path}/debug" />
+	</target>
+		
+<!--
+Checks all assemblies for a specific platform version
+-->	
+	<target name="_check-assemblies">	  
+		<echo message="------------------------------------------" />
+		<echo message="Checking assemblies for ${platform.displayname} ${platform.version.major}.${platform.version.minor}" />
+		<echo message="------------------------------------------" />
+		<echo message="" />		
+	  <foreach item="File" property="currentAssembly.codebase">
+	  	<in>
+	  		<items>
+		    	<include name="${platform.binaries.path.release}/*.dll"/>
+		    	<include name="${platform.binaries.path.debug}/*.dll"/>
+		   	</items>
+		  </in>
+		  <do>
+		  	<property name="currentAssembly.fullname" value="${assemblyname::get-full-name(assemblyname::get-assembly-name(currentAssembly.codebase))}" />
+		  	<property name="currentAssembly.name" value="${assemblyname::get-name(assemblyname::get-assembly-name(currentAssembly.codebase))}" />
+
+<!-- perform checks -->		  	
+		  	<echo message="checking '${currentAssembly.codebase}' '=> ${currentAssembly.fullname}" />
+				<call target="CheckAssemblySignature" />				
+				<call target="CheckFileVersionInfo" if="${string::starts-with(currentAssembly.name, 'Spring.')}" />
+		  </do>
+		</foreach>
+	</target>
+	
+
+<!-- 
+Checks the assemblies are signed using the right key
+Expects:
+	currentAssembly.fullname: current assembly's display name
+	currentAssembly.name:     current assembly's simple display name
+-->	
+	<target name="CheckAssemblySignature">
+<!-- set public key -->
+		  	<property name="expectedPublicKeyToken" value="65e474d141e25e07" />		  	
+		  	<property name="expectedPublicKeyToken" value="af08829b84f0328e" if="${currentAssembly.name == 'Common.Logging'}" />
+			  <fail message="assembly '${currentAssembly.codebase}' is not signed" if="${not string::ends-with(currentAssembly.fullname, 'PublicKeyToken='+expectedPublicKeyToken)}" />		
+
+<!-- try GAC install/uninstall -->
+			  <gac-install force="true">
+			  	<assemblies><include name="${currentAssembly.codebase}" /></assemblies>
+			  </gac-install>
+			  <gac-uninstall>
+			  	<assemblies><assembly name="${currentAssembly.fullname}" /></assemblies>
+			  </gac-uninstall>			  
+	</target>
+
+<!-- 
+Expects:
+	currentAssembly.fullname: current assembly's display name
+	currentAssembly.name:     current assembly's simple display name
+-->	
+	<target name="CheckFileVersionInfo">
+		<property name="expected.companyname" value="SpringSource" />
+		<property name="expected.fileversion" value="${spring.version.display}.${platform.version.major}${platform.version.minor}${spring.version.revision}" />
+		<property name="expected.productname" value="Spring.NET Framework ${spring.version.display} for ${platform.displayname} ${platform.version.major}.${platform.version.minor}" />
+		<property name="expected.productversion" value="${expected.fileversion}" />
+		
+		<property name="actual.fileversion" value="${fileversioninfo::get-file-version(fileversioninfo::get-version-info(currentAssembly.codebase))}" />
+		<property name="actual.companyname" value="${fileversioninfo::get-company-name(fileversioninfo::get-version-info(currentAssembly.codebase))}" />
+		<property name="actual.productname" value="${fileversioninfo::get-product-name(fileversioninfo::get-version-info(currentAssembly.codebase))}" />
+		<property name="actual.productversion" value="${fileversioninfo::get-product-version(fileversioninfo::get-version-info(currentAssembly.codebase))}" />
+		
+		<echo if="${ expected.companyname != actual.companyname }" message="WARNING: 'Company Name' mismatch: ${actual.companyname}" />
+		<echo if="${ expected.fileversion != actual.fileversion }" message="WARNING: 'Fileversion' mismatch: ${actual.fileversion}, expected ${expected.fileversion}" />
+		<echo if="${ expected.productname != actual.productname }" message="WARNING: 'Product Name' mismatch: ${actual.productname}" />
+		<echo if="${ expected.productversion != actual.productversion }" message="WARNING: 'Product Version' mismatch: ${actual.productversion}" />
+	</target>
+</project>