Question

I have a solution with two executable projects.

Main.exe is dependent on Subordinate.exe.

These projects both have App.config files, so in their respective output directories, I have Main.exe.config and Subordinate.exe.config.

When I build Main.exe, Subordinate.exe is copied into Main’s output directory, but Subordinate.exe.config is not.

Is there a standard way to tell Visual Studio to do this?

Answer 1

Right click on the Main project and select Edit Project File. Add an AfterBuild event:

  <Target Name="AfterBuild">
    <Copy SourceFiles="..\Subordinate\bin\$(Configuration)\Subordinate.exe.config" 
          DestinationFolder="$(TargetDir)" />
  </Target>