Referencing other web projects within Visual Studio 2005

[Guest]

We have built a core component set of pages, master pages and other controls
that we want to re-use in a number of different web applications. Is there
anyway to make a reference to a web project and re-use these components in
other projects without adding the existing items to the new project?

Thanks for any help,
Matt Bell

 

[S. Justin Gengo [MCP]]

Matt,

Make it into a template project:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/01/CodeTemplates/default.aspx



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Sincerely,

S. Justin Gengo, MCP
Web Developer / Programmer

www.aboutfortunate.com

"Out of chaos comes order."
Nietzsche

 

[Guest]

Just a quick follow-up question. If I have a project that I turn into a
template, and then discover 5 months down the line that I need to update that
project to reflect a change, do all of the projects I've created from that
template update based on the newly exported project or is it more of a one
time copy type of deal?

Thanks for the info though this is exactly the sort of thing we are looking
for.
Matt

 

[S. Justin Gengo [MCP]]

Matt,

I'm not positive of the answer on that. I just knew that templates existed
from my reading. But I haven't attempted to use them yet. We're going to be
using them where I work too. I imagine that if a template is updated then
each developer would have to install the new copy, but their may be a way to
centralize the code.

Maybe someone else in the forum has the answer. Has anyone else tried this
out?

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Sincerely,

S. Justin Gengo, MCP
Web Developer / Programmer

www.aboutfortunate.com

"Out of chaos comes order."
Nietzsche