Question

Q:

I have a dll which used in many systems, when i make any modification in that dll ,i have to build it, copy this dll ,paste it in the bin folder of each web application module, and add a reference to the new one.

Is there any way to reduce the number of these steps? , i mean , is there any way to make any modifications to this dll visible in all systems with out all these steps.

EDIT:

the GAC will solve my problem if the applications at the same host ,but to be more clear , we use a source control to modify classes and more than one can modify this dll , what i want is: when i make any change to that dll , this doesn’t force me to copy it through the bin folders of my applications.

thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You can make this assembly as Shared Assembly, and install it in the GAC folder and reference this assembly in each application from GAC folder