aspnet_compiler - exclude files

[CuriousGeorge]

I'm using aspnet_compiler to precompile my web app for deployment.
Currently it copies all subfolders from the asp.net projects source folder
to my destination folder. I have some files I do not want it to copy when
deploying this app, is there any way to exclude them? I like to keep all
files related to my projects within that projects folder hierarchy (such as
schemas, documentation, etc), but I don't want them deployed, or to have to
remember to delete them from the deployment folder).

In the old asp.net 1.1 days we had project files like we do for C# or VB
projects. With a project file it was easy to define which files are a part
of the actual project. I don't see any way to do this in the project-less
days of asp.net 2.0.

Am I missing something obvious here?

-Brett-

[Bruce Barker]

no. the aspnet_compiler.exe has no exclude feature. maybe the next release.
you could use a msbuild script that deleted them from the target dir. the
other approach (mine) is to have a dir layer above

/myproj
/deploy
/web
/docs
/unittests
/library

where /web is only the website sources.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

"CuriousGeorge" <br************@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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I'm using aspnet_compiler to precompile my web app for deployment.
Currently it copies all subfolders from the asp.net projects source folder
to my destination folder. I have some files I do not want it to copy when
deploying this app, is there any way to exclude them? I like to keep all
files related to my projects within that projects folder hierarchy (such
as schemas, documentation, etc), but I don't want them deployed, or to
have to remember to delete them from the deployment folder).

In the old asp.net 1.1 days we had project files like we do for C# or VB
projects. With a project file it was easy to define which files are a
part of the actual project. I don't see any way to do this in the
project-less days of asp.net 2.0.

Am I missing something obvious here?

-Brett-

[intrader]

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:47:54 -0800, CuriousGeorge wrote:

I'm using aspnet_compiler to precompile my web app for deployment.
Currently it copies all subfolders from the asp.net projects source folder
to my destination folder. I have some files I do not want it to copy when
deploying this app, is there any way to exclude them? I like to keep all
files related to my projects within that projects folder hierarchy (such as
schemas, documentation, etc), but I don't want them deployed, or to have to
remember to delete them from the deployment folder).

In the old asp.net 1.1 days we had project files like we do for C# or VB
projects. With a project file it was easy to define which files are a part
of the actual project. I don't see any way to do this in the project-less
days of asp.net 2.0.

Am I missing something obvious here?

-Brett-

You may look in NAnt (a build tool). It may help you with this situation.

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Hi Brett,

I think Bruce's suggestion is reasonable. Also, since ASP.NET 2.0 Web
application is projectless and just exist in the form of a normal directory
on the file system, we can use a custom batch/script file to copy the files
which want to deploy to a new directory, and then open the new directory in
VS 2005 ide as website and publish it.

Regards,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Community Support
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[Mark Rae]

"CuriousGeorge" <br************@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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I don't see any way to do this in the project-less days of asp.net 2.0.

You're right - Microsoft, er, removed all that lovely functionality from
ASP.NET v2...

Luckily, pressure from developers actually worked for a change, and they are
currently in the final stages of delivering an add-in to VS.NET 2005 which
includes what you require, amd much more besides.

You can download the latest beta here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/re...structure/wdp/

Also, you should keep a regular eye on Scott Guthrie's blog:
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archi...06/429723.aspx
He's one of the main guys at Microsoft working on this project, and is
extremely helpful.

Web deployment in ASP.NET 2 was a real pain without this add-in, but now
it's even better than it was in v1.x

[CuriousGeorge]

Thanks Bruce. Good suggestion. I could just push the actual web code down
a layer in folder hierarchy.

-Brett-

"Bruce Barker" <br******************@safeco.com> wrote in message
news:ug******************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

no. the aspnet_compiler.exe has no exclude feature. maybe the next
release. you could use a msbuild script that deleted them from the target
dir. the other approach (mine) is to have a dir layer above

/myproj
/deploy
/web
/docs
/unittests
/library

where /web is only the website sources.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

"CuriousGeorge" <br************@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:OV**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I'm using aspnet_compiler to precompile my web app for deployment.
Currently it copies all subfolders from the asp.net projects source
folder to my destination folder. I have some files I do not want it to
copy when deploying this app, is there any way to exclude them? I like
to keep all files related to my projects within that projects folder
hierarchy (such as schemas, documentation, etc), but I don't want them
deployed, or to have to remember to delete them from the deployment
folder).

In the old asp.net 1.1 days we had project files like we do for C# or VB
projects. With a project file it was easy to define which files are a
part of the actual project. I don't see any way to do this in the
project-less days of asp.net 2.0.

Am I missing something obvious here?

-Brett-

[CuriousGeorge]

Ooh, this looks tempting. Thanks for the links Mark, this may be just what
I need...

-Brett-

"Mark Rae" <ma**@markN-O-S-P-A-M.co.uk> wrote in message
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"CuriousGeorge" <br************@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:OV**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I don't see any way to do this in the project-less days of asp.net 2.0.

You're right - Microsoft, er, removed all that lovely functionality from
ASP.NET v2...

Luckily, pressure from developers actually worked for a change, and they
are currently in the final stages of delivering an add-in to VS.NET 2005
which includes what you require, amd much more besides.

You can download the latest beta here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/re...structure/wdp/

Also, you should keep a regular eye on Scott Guthrie's blog:
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archi...06/429723.aspx
He's one of the main guys at Microsoft working on this project, and is
extremely helpful.

Web deployment in ASP.NET 2 was a real pain without this add-in, but now
it's even better than it was in v1.x

[Mark Rae]

"CuriousGeorge" <br************@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:e3**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Ooh, this looks tempting. Thanks for the links Mark, this may be just
what I need...

Once you've sorted out the ability to exclude files and/or folders from the
deployed code, you'll love the ability to replace entire sections of
web.config... :-)

For me, the biggest advantage of this is to automatically replace my
database connection strings between DEV, UAT and live environments at the
flick of a switch!