Does anyone know if it's possible for multiple projects to reference/share the same bin folder? Thanks.
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I normally have a Library folder in my project root then link all of the projects in the solution to the same dll via the Browse tab under 'Add Resource'.
James O'Sullivan
2010-07-16 15:20:35
+1
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As long as all of the DLLs are in the same "bin" folder, multiple apps can be run from within the same IIS application. To IIS, this just looks like a single application because there is a single "bin" folder.
This probably shouldn't be done unless you have a good reason, though. You lose process isolation and make the deployments harder.
David
2010-07-16 15:20:57
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You may want to think about what you actually want to do here. Say you manage to set this up and you wind up with three projects, all referencing assembly B in one place.
You have to make a 'breaking' update to assembly B to satisfy a requirement for one of those projects, but you don't have time to update the other two to suit. What do you do in this situation?
Paddy
2010-07-16 15:24:25
All projects will have the same requirements. That is why we want to use the same bin folder to save space.
Hoang
2010-07-16 15:31:18
@Hoang - Why three different projects then? Why not a single project, multiple virtual directories pointing at the same files and, I imagine, some way of skinning the front end according to which URL you come in on.
Paddy
2010-07-16 15:45:07
@Paddy - we are looking to add sub-sites programatically and the cms tool we are using only allows adding a new project which then creates new files and folders for each project (bin folder is big enough that it will become a problem once it gets big enough). Not sure how to go about creating virtual directory programmatically and how to refer to the project. Thanks.
Hoang
2010-07-16 16:11:32