No more projects files in Whidbey but...

Something different from previous approaches is that there's no special project file generated at the time of project creation in Whidbey. From now on, every file within the selected directories belongs to the project automatically. This approach simplifies adding new files, including references to the bin directory, and moving projects.

But what's happens for a web solution built in a multiproject configuration like we can do in VS.Net 2003 ?

It's surely obvious but I don't find any details anywhere. Somebody has the answer?

 

3 Comments

  • afaik, the build system inside whidbey is far from finalized. Also, what I've read from the MS Build design docs is that it should be able to consume a solution file. That tells me projects and solutions are not gone. Just websites can now be developed using a directory structure instead of a project structure.

  • Frans not sure it will be so easy. Remember the mess between 1.0 and 1.1

    The problem here is that I read that you need to convert your VS2002-2003 projects to be compatible with the 1.2 or final 2 release.

    Fine but it a one way ticket. No way to go back.

    So that's mean (If I read right the different articles on the subject) that the project files will be gone. So my question is still valid, how Whidbey going to convert my web app(5 projects) without any project file ?!?

  • Hi Paschal,



    Project to project references are actually managed using a solution file (not a project). We still have solution files in Whidbey for when you want to manage multiple projects together (for example: a .dll class library project that is used by a web project).



    If you only have a single project, then no solution file is created (we have a "default solution" which contains just the active project).



    Hope this helps,



    Scott



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