One of the css files disappears from the publish obj/Release/Package/PackageTmp/ folder during publishing and then VS tells me it can't find the file. It's as if one portion of the project says to delete the file and the other tries to find the file. Any ideas? I hope I gave enough info. It's short, but pretty much sums up the issue to my knowledge.

csproj file. The only file I'm having an issue with is the survey.css file. It appears just twice in the csproj file.

&lt;Content Include="greybox\logo.gif" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="greybox\next.gif" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="greybox\night_valley.jpg" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="greybox\night_valley_thumb.gif" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="greybox\night_valley_thumb.jpg" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="greybox\prev.gif" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="greybox\salt.jpg" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="greybox\salt_thumb.gif" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="greybox\w_close.gif" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="layout.css" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="obj\Debug\Survey.csproj.FileListAbsolute.txt" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="obj\Debug\Survey.dll" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="obj\Debug\Survey.pdb" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="obj\Release\Package\PackageTmp\bin\Survey.dll" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="obj\Release\Package\PackageTmp\default.aspx" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="obj\Release\Package\PackageTmp\layout.css" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="obj\Release\Package\PackageTmp\survey.css" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="obj\Release\Package\PackageTmp\ThankYou.aspx" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="obj\Release\Survey.csproj.FileListAbsolute.txt" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="obj\Release\Survey.dll" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="obj\Release\Survey.pdb" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="obj\Release\_WPPLastBuildInfo.txt" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="survey.css" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="SurveyAdded.aspx" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="ThankYou.aspx" /&gt;
&lt;Content Include="Web.config" /&gt;



Question: fast data entry UI patterns
Answer: I think your problem should be rethought at a deeper level. It sounds like you hare asking users to do quite a bit of management an application that is supposed to be helping them with management. Requiring users to perform a weekly chore, negates the value of your app.

In other words, there is not proper UX for making users do chores. Don't make users do chores. You will have to find another source for your data, or your app is likely to fall into an existential crisis that could be fatal.

Cheers!