CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#.netwinforms
caesardo
caesardo

Reputation: 346

multiple exe in bin folder after build solution

Is it possible to produce more than one exe in debug/release folder after we build Windows form solution?

For example I want to produce 2 exes in debug/release folder everytime I build a solution, 1. MyApp.exe 2. MyApp_setup.exe

Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3323

Answers (1)

Scott Chamberlain
Scott Chamberlain

Reputation: 127563

The \bin\Debug and \bin\Release folders are only defaults and can be changed in your project settings.

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All you need to do is change it to a relative path to be something both projects can see.

For example, if your folder structure was like

C:\
 Code\
  MyAppSolution\
   MyApp\
   MyApp_Setup\

changing both projects to use ..\CommonBin\Debug\ as their output path would put both exe's in C:\Code\MyAppSolution\CommonBin\Debug\.

However there is a second option also, if you add a reference to the MyApp project to MyApp_Setup when you go to build MyApp_Setup it will put MyApp.exe in the output directory because it considered it a dependency. Just be sure you have Copy Local set to true when you build.

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Upvotes: 7

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