A Visual Studio project type which compiles all codebehind into a single assembly. Created through the File->New Project or Project->Add Project commands. This is the original project type for web applications, introduced along with .NET 1.0 and Visual Studio.NET in 2002. Not to be confused with a web site project, created by File->New Web Site or Project->Add Web Site commands.
Questions tagged [web-application-project]
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Web application - automatically include files?
I am running a CMS as an ASP.NET WebApplication and want to automatically include all files generated by the CMS in the project folder to be included in the project.
By default they are excluded, and finding them by hand and including them every…

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Searching text in database: caching database records into domain logic V/S using MySQL full-text search?
I am developing a layered web app. In brief it has:
UI: html, javascript and jquery
Domain logic: Java and servlets
Business logic: MySQL
I have large amounts of records in the database containing info about books. In addition the application will…

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GAE Webapp or Django-nonrel?
I want to host my personal site which will mainly have a blog, gallery component as well as code snippets and demos.I've chosen GAE because it offers free hosting for a reasonably scaled website(i.e. personal sites).
I initially thought it could…

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How do I call my API controller object from an ASP.NET Core page?
I may have the verbiage all wrong here, so forgive and correct me if I'm using the wrong words. I'm from the world of traditional ASP.Net web applications, where I could simply add an ApiController to my web application project and hit the ground…

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Problem with file name folding in Visual Studio Solution Explorer ("File Nesting")
(Edit for search-ability: called "File Nesting")
I'm not sure if "folding" is the correct term, but the feature I'm referring to is shown in the 1st image below, versus the 2nd one which does not have an expandable tree list node for the code behind…

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How to handle browser pop-up when it hides as soon as we click?
I am working on automating ecommerce website using selenium and once registration is done in our site there is Confirmation pop-up. I couldn't inspect that because as soon as i click anywhere in the browser the pop-up disappears. How to Locate the…

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Popularity: Web Site Projects versus Web Application Projects
I need to create a sample project (for educational purposes) and I'm faced with the choice between Web Site Projects or Web Application Projects.
This feels similar to the choice between C# and VB. My question isn't about the differences between…

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Enabling web application support in Intellij IDEA
I have a Gradle Java project with embedded jetty server.
I want to enable web application support for the same project.
The Intellij IDEA help tells how to enable for an existing project in the below…

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How to migrate from BuildProvider to Web Application project?
Currently we have a bunch of web sites (web site projects) that I think should be converted to web application projects. Everybody agrees.
But a number of custom BuildProviders are used to generate controls and unfortunately MSDN says that
Adding a…

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Intellij - web application plugin is not appearing in new project
In Intellij i'd like to use a plug-in similar to eclipse's wtp tool. My end goal is to build servlets within the IDE and and run it locally on my pc.
I've tried searching for the plugin in the prefereneces under plugins to no success. Here is an…

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Compile errors after converting to a Web Application Project from a Web Site
I'm trying to convert a Web Site to the Web Application project model and I'm running into compile errors that do not seem to be covered by the guidance I found at Converting a Web Site Project to a Web Application Project.
The issue is that…

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Visual Studio creates (empty) folder in /bin for build action "Content" while publishing
I have a Web Application Project in Visual Studio 2005 that I publish using "Project" -> "Publish".
The App uses some (text) files that live in a top-level folder; let us call it textfiles for example.
What I would like to achieve is that Visual…

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How to embed a SilverLight control in ASP.NET control (user or custom)
We have a ASP.NET web application written in VB.NET where we build content programmatically during the Init event.
We make extensive use of user controls, building them on the fly, and I now want to start including SilverLight content.
Is there an…

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Why MSBuild DOES copy dlls with copy local set to false?
That's the structure of our solution:
Solution.sln
WebApp.csproj
references ClassLibrary
ClassLibrary.csproj
references System.Net.Http.Formatting.dll with Copy local = false
When I build the Solution with source code of both WebApp and…

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Implementing Roles based access control in php application
I have been working on a PHP application for my college that requires role based access control. The approach I followed was to create a separate MySQL user for each role. So every role had a separate db user. Each of these db users had privileges…

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