With an MVC C# app that builds error-free, the Publish action (Release configuration) won't copy any of the controllers and several of files when "Publish only files required to run..." is selected.
Yes, MVC 1.0 is installed on top of ASP.net 3.5 SP1, and the MVC templates are visible in VWD. I'm at a loss as this is so simple. Any ideas?
Look at the properties of each file and make certain it states to copy when newer or copy always.
It may be set to "Don't copy"
I haven't done an MVC application myself, but I do know that when you publish a plain jane asp.net application all of the files are compiled down to an assembly and placed in the bin folder of your application.
You might want to check the folder you're publishing to and see if you have that bin folder and see if you have a .dll inside of there. If not, this could possibly be your problem.
Good luck and hope this helps you.
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I bought this template but I don't know how to edit its files on my computer. It seems the file extensions are .tpl
How can I edit them like HTML files and then upload them to the server?
Whmcs (a webhost and billing manager software) uses the .tpl files to allow for customisations. There is no way to edit them like html, that I know of.
Tpl files basically need a bit of trial and error in modifying them.
The best way would be to install a trial version of Whmcs or if you have it already installed, perhaps install a second development version (you can apply for a free development license from whmcs).
Then use a txt editor like notepad++ (or another html editor software) to edit the tpl files - then upload to your test site - tweak and repeat as needed... yes, it's not user friendly - but that's whmcs for you.
The whmcs documentation gives a helping hand too.
I have an asp.net core 2.1 MVC application. I have ran the Scaffold Identity which has generated all the HTML and models used. I can't however find the css file that identity is using for its layouts?
In chrome developer tools it tells me site.css is being loaded from /Identity/css/site.css and bootstrap is being loaded from /Identity/lib/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css. These files don't seem to exist anywhere in my project. Am I missing something?
It's not using the site.css file that's located in wwwroot/css.
The Identity default UI is a Razor Class Library. The static resources are being embedded and loaded from the library. Specifically, the Static Files middleware is loading up the embedded resources as if they were on the filesystem, using a ManifestEmbeddedFileProvider.
Long and short, you can override those by simply creating files in the same location in your project. Then, your project's versions will take over. Unfortunately, the scaffold doesn't provide a way to scaffold static resources as well. However, you can simply view the source in your browser and then copy that into your project's version of the file.
You can also view the source of the RCL here. That way you can reference whatever code you need, without even needing the scaffold. Anything you add to your own project overrides what's coming from the RCL.
I've added my cms as an external library in PhpStorm:
I just wanted to know if there is an option to upload (deploy) these files too? I always have to switch to my cms and open it itself as a project to be able to upload its files.
I've found nothing in the documentation also.
If it's not part of the project root/outside of the project -- then no.
But you can make it part of the project by:
adding it as Additional Content Root (Settings/Preferences | Directories) -- it will be listed as additional node in the Project View panel (similar to actual project's main folder)
or just symlink it (e.g. a subfolder inside the project root that is symlink to outside folder).
Please note that in both cases such folder becomes part of the project so the search routine will take those files into consideration as well as other functionalities (find usages; look for errors in a code; TODO's etc.). You may also accidentally edit your CMS core files and IDE will not tell you anything (in case of External Library it will notify you about this).
We have a few html pages in one of our solutions that are meant to be extremely simple, client side only, pure html+javascript pages that access our web api. The api itself is in a web application project in the same solution.
We are now using a web site project to contain those files, but it is getting harder and harder to manage that project, since it's information is placed on the solution, and most of it's aspects cannot be controlled like they can on a msbuild project file.
I'd like to migrate those html files to a web application project, but I'm struggling to make it as basic as possible. For instance, I do not want to generate any dlls on the project. It should be in the solution just to provide access to the files and to enable us to control what goes to the _PublishedWebsites folder on the build by setting the build action on the files. We need this because there are some miscellaneous files in the project that should not be published.
I tried creating an empty web application and removing most things from it, by editing the csproj file. I managed to delete all references and the whole Properties special folder (along with the AssemblyInfo.cs file), but when I run the build command, I still see a dll created along with the obj and bin folders. Then, I tried faking the build target on the csproj file, like this:
<Target Name="Build" />
Now when the project is built, no dll/pdb is created, but the obj and bin folders are still there. Next, I tried setting the outputpath property to the current directory, like this:
<OutputPath>.</OutputPath>
But even then, the obj folder is still created.
EDIT:
I just found another common msbuild property that controls where the files inside the obj folder are placed. After placing this in my csproj file:
<IntermediateOutputPath>.</IntermediateOutputPath>
I now get no folders generated on build, which is nice.
There is a small problem now though (and I'm not sure how and where exactly this process happens) when I open the solution or reload the project in Visual Studio. Even though the project is not being built at this time, some files are still generated:
I feel the current approach is enough for my requirements, yet I'd really like to know if there is a more elegant way to achieve that. Thus, the question holds: Is there a way to make the web application project work as if there was no code file in it, effectively disabling output generation (bin and obj folders, and the dll/xml/pdb outputs)?
I am currently beginning a project where we want to build an Interactive Whiteboard (educational activities) and deploy via CD-ROM. I want to build the project in HTML5 for it's interactivity and then somehow compile it to both .exe. and .dmg so when the CD-ROM is inserted it autoplays the 'Game'.
How is this possible? Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
I already made a project using pure C (WinAPI) on github that can pack HTML files into single EXE using resources.
http://github.com/dns/WinAPI-Embed-Browser/releases
Use: res://programname.exe/test.html as path to access html files from your EXE file.
From here you also can hide the window border & just showing the content of your HTML app, or even running on fullscreen. This is very useful if you want to make interactive CD-ROM.
On Mac, you can use Delphi/Lazarus TWebBrowser control to load html files. However I don't know if mac program can access files from resource or not.
HTML 5 is a browser technology, so I think as long as the pc you are installing on has the latest browsers, installing your app should work fine.
Can you tell us why you want it as a CD-ROM based installation, where as you can easily host it online?
You may not need any .exe wrapping. Here is an approach.
Important: your autorun will be often disabled, [not so] quietly. Provide some instructions for running your application manually.
So:
Google for running a portable version of Firefox or Chrome from a CD. Have the browser prepared. Put it in a [sub]directory representing your CD.
Put your content there.
Create a .cmd file to invoke the browser with a command like,
FirefoxPortable.exe index.html
Create autorun.inf (details googlable) to call the above batch file.
Make a CD image from that directory. There are lots of CD burning applications that can do that.
Test.