create a project from code

[Vaclav Jedlicka]

Hi all

Is it possible to create an ASP.NET project from code?

Thanks in advance

Vaclav

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Visual Studio .Net does it all the time. What exactly are you asking?

HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
Internet Developer
http://www.takempis.com
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[Václav Jedlièka]

I need to create a VS project from code, not manualy.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Do you mean that you want to create all of the project files, solution
files, etc. from an application?

HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
Internet Developer
http://www.takempis.com
Some things just happen.
Everything else occurs.

 

[Vaclav Jedlicka]

Exactly.

Why I need it?
I am developing an application generator which generates ASP.NET projects.
So far it generates the ASPX and CS files, but I also need to create the VS
projects which would contain them. The user would specify only the project
name and the code would create a VS project, and the virtual folder in IIS.
Then it would add the ASPX and CS files to the project.
Something like automation in the days of COM, but I would like to do it from
..NET code (I use c#).

Thanks
Vaclav

 

[Kevin Spencer]

I believe most if not all of what you're looking for is in the Microsoft.Vsa
NameSpace. Unfortunately, this Namespace is almost completely undocumented
at this time. I did, however, find a listing of some articles on the MSDN
site that may be helpful to you:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/using/building/tools/default.aspx

HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
Internet Developer
http://www.takempis.com
Some things just happen.
Everything else occurs.

 

[Vaclav Jedlicka]

Thank you

That namespace is really undocumented and I do not know how to use it, so I
think I will have to create all the project files (.sln, .suo, .csproj,
..csproj.webinfo) from code.

Vaclav