Bin directory

[Amirallia]

Hi,

I develop with VS 2005.

Why I don't have a bin directory with a dll when I create a web service
project and generate the site web. I only have a *.asmx file and a *.vb file
in a App_code directory

I have done something wrong ?

[Mr. Arnold]

Re: Bin directory


"Amirallia" <mcapetola@hisp eed.chwrote in message
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Hi,
>
I develop with VS 2005.
>
Why I don't have a bin directory with a dll when I create a web service
project and generate the site web. I only have a *.asmx file and a *.vb
file in a App_code directory
>
I have done something wrong ?
>

A Web service is hosted by the Web Server, which is IIS. A Web service is
not a executable exe or DLL so all the Web server needs to host a Web
service is the .asmx, and the .asmx needs the .VB code behind file
associated to the .asmx to host the solution.

The only time you would need a Bin directory is if the Web service had
references set to some 3rd party DLL(s), as an example, that it was using,
and the DLL(s) would be kept in the Bin directory of the Web site's virtual
directory for the solution.

[John Saunders]

Re: Bin directory

"Amirallia" <mcapetola@hisp eed.chwrote in message
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Hi,
>
I develop with VS 2005.
>
Why I don't have a bin directory with a dll when I create a web service
project and generate the site web. I only have a *.asmx file and a *.vb
file in a App_code directory
>
I have done something wrong ?

Are you running VS 2005 SP1? If not, then you should upgrade immediately.

Did you create a "Web Site project" using File->New Web Site? If so, then
you did not create a project, and you will not have a bin directory. You
should use File->New Project and choose "ASP.NET Web Service" if you want a
project, a bin directory, etc.

Microsoft mistakenly replaced Web Application Projects (with the "bin"
directory) out of VS2005 when it shipped. They put them back in SP1. I
recommend that web services should always be created using File->New
Project.

--
John Saunders | MVP - Connected System Developer

[Scott M.]

Re: Bin directory

Microsoft mistakenly replaced Web Application Projects (with the "bin"

directory) out of VS2005 when it shipped. They put them back in SP1. I
recommend that web services should always be created using File->New
Project.

If by "mistakenly ", you mean "made a bad decision, but knowingly did so",
then I agree. But, if you mean that they somehow "forgot" about WAP, that's
not the case.

In any case, there is only one way to create a Web Service, which is to have
a Web Service project. Because this is a "project", it comes with a /bin
directory.

-Scott

[John Saunders]

Re: Bin directory

"Scott M." <s-mar@nospam.nosp amwrote in message
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>Microsoft mistakenly replaced Web Application Projects (with the "bin"
>directory) out of VS2005 when it shipped. They put them back in SP1. I
>recommend that web services should always be created using File->New
>Project.

>
If by "mistakenly ", you mean "made a bad decision, but knowingly did so",
then I agree. But, if you mean that they somehow "forgot" about WAP,
that's not the case.

I know they didn't forget it. They just made a very stupid decision. They
should *NEVER* break our code, and they cost me six weeks just trying to get
existing, working .NET 1.1 code to build. Their stupid mistake kept deciding
that my WAP was really a web site - which happens not to build.

In any case, there is only one way to create a Web Service, which is to
have a Web Service project. Because this is a "project", it comes with a
/bin directory.

In VS2008 - File->New Web Site lists "ASP.NET Web Service" as well as "WCF
Service".

John Saunders | MVP - Connected System Developer