Rename solution and related projects in a ASP.NET web application

Question

Hi,
I would like to reuse the solution and its projects for another purpose
thus I would like to rename the solution and all projects that are attached to it.
May i know the fastest and proper way of doing it?

If it is not possible, i will continue using this solution and modified the contents of the projects
but during deployment to production environment
what are the things that I have to change in order not to mix up with other solution ?

Thank you for your advice.

Answer 1

If you are planning to reuse your code, it is better to create your code as libraries and use those libraries in several projects.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/class-libraries

If you want the same project to be deployed multiple times, it is possible without duplicating the project itself. You can have as many IIS applications and use the same solution. In general you may change the connection strings and other settings from applicaiton to application.

Answer 2

Hi @Cindy See ,
If you want to rename the solution, you can follow the steps below.

1. Backup.First things first, make sure to always create a backup file.Simply copy your project to a different directory.
2. In Solution Explorer, right-click the project, select Rename, and enter a new name.
3. In Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Properties. On the Application tab, change the "Assembly name" and "Default namespace".
4. Open any .cs and rename all namespace
5. Change the AssemblyTitle and AssemblyProduct in Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs.
6. Delete bin and obj directories physically.
7. Rename the project physical folder directory.
8. Open the Sln file (within notepad or any editor) and change the path to the project.
9. Cleans and Rebuild the project

Best regards,
Lan Huang

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Answer 3

Thank you. Its Work!