auto update asp.net website bin folder

Question

Is there any way to get VS2008 to automatically fill my website bin folder with all the necessary dependencies required for the website?

At the moment it just contains assemblies from the solution but not the third party assemblies I am also using.

Thanks,

AJ

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 10 '11 at 10:33

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You should set Copy Local to true in the reference properties.

answered Feb 10 '11 at 10:33

Scoregraphic

Thanks but I already have done this, but the bin folder does not seem to get updated. – AJ. Feb 10 '11 at 10:35
You did a build afterwards, did you? – Scoregraphic Feb 10 '11 at 10:38
Strange...because I just tested it again and it did work for me like expected. – Scoregraphic Feb 10 '11 at 10:42
Could it be because the referenced assemblies are in the GAC? – AJ. Feb 10 '11 at 10:44
No, Copy Local should copy them to the bin directory. You can try with one of the System.xxx classes. – Scoregraphic Feb 10 '11 at 10:55
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It could be, look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/320295/how-does-copy-local-work – AJ. Feb 10 '11 at 11:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 10 '11 at 10:37

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You can use the post build events which you can configure in the properties page of a project.

As an example:

answered Feb 10 '11 at 10:37

TurBas

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