How to relocate the "bin" directory

Question

My production app dlls are in the top level "bin" directory.
I'd like to have a test app sitting side by side, where the test version can point to an alternate "bin" directory with different dlls.

Can this be done?

I've tried using:
<probing privatePath="bin\debug" />

in the web.config file and it didn't help.

Answer 1

Hi @Coreysan ,

First you need to make sure the structure of web.config is right. Here is s sample structure.

<configuration>  
    <system.web>  
        <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0">  
            <assemblies>  
                <add assembly="Something.Web" />  
            </assemblies>          
        </compilation>  
    </system.web>  
    <runtime>  
        <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">  
            <probing privatePath="bin\debug" />  
        </assemblyBinding>  
    </runtime>  
</configuration>  

So the second thing is use add assembly to tell the name of assembly. Because if the server finds the file, and successfully loads the assembly and the class it will start complaining about all the missing referenced files.

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