Aspnet Compiler is compiling my aspx files

Question

I'm using the aspnet_compiler compiler program as part of the automated build procedure for a website. We have a website project and the build step generates the assembily for the project for the release build. However it generates these dlls in such a way that the aspx pages reference those at the moment randomly named assembilies. So my question is how would I modify this process to allow me to swap the dll's without updating the entire site. Also we're using nant at the moment for the build process.

Answer 1

Have you tried using the -u option? The reference is at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229863(VS.80).aspx.

Answer 2

The aspnet merge tool allows all the dlls to be merged into one explictly named assembily and updates the aspx and ascx files to reflect the appropriate assembily.