Referencing other web projects within Visual Studio 2005

12 Jan 2006 4:31 PM

MattBell

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

12 Jan 2006 4:50 PM

S. Justin Gengo [MCP]

Matt,

Make it into a template project:

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

--
Sincerely,

S. Justin Gengo, MCP
Web Developer / Programmer

www.aboutfortunate.com

"Out of chaos comes order."
Nietzsche

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"MattBell" <MattB***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C252030B-80A7-44CB-AF3D-AEB042D67D09@microsoft.com...
> 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
>

12 Jan 2006 8:41 PM

MattBell

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

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"S. Justin Gengo [MCP]" wrote:

> Matt,
>
> Make it into a template project:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/01/CodeTemplates/default.aspx
>
>
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> S. Justin Gengo, MCP
> Web Developer / Programmer
>
> www.aboutfortunate.com
>
> "Out of chaos comes order."
> Nietzsche
> "MattBell" <MattB***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C252030B-80A7-44CB-AF3D-AEB042D67D09@microsoft.com...
> > 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
> >
>
>
>

12 Jan 2006 8:52 PM

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?

--
Sincerely,

S. Justin Gengo, MCP
Web Developer / Programmer

www.aboutfortunate.com

"Out of chaos comes order."
Nietzsche

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"MattBell" <MattB***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7C505049-C7AA-4493-B1C6-B917F4017647@microsoft.com...
> 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]" wrote:
>
>> Matt,
>>
>> Make it into a template project:
>>
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/01/CodeTemplates/default.aspx
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> S. Justin Gengo, MCP
>> Web Developer / Programmer
>>
>> www.aboutfortunate.com
>>
>> "Out of chaos comes order."
>> Nietzsche
>> "MattBell" <MattB***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C252030B-80A7-44CB-AF3D-AEB042D67D09@microsoft.com...
>> > 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
>> >
>>
>>
>>

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