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VS 2010 pre-compile web sites with build process?

VS 2010; TFS 2010; ASP.Net 4.0; Web Deployment Projects 2010;

I am using the build process templates in order to do one-click deploys (for dev and QA only). I want my sites to be pre-compiled. I can do it with the command line, using:

 C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler 
-v /site_name 
-p "C:\...\site_name" 
-f "C:\...\site_name1"

and this works fine if I copy the files over from site_name1 to site_name...

but is there an option in the IDE for this?? It seems really silly to have to do this from the command line. I've read a lot about different options, but none seem applicable to building with the build definitions.

Solution

  • As it currently stands, I can not find any IDE option to pre-compile websites using the build process templates. I would love to be proved wrong, as using the command line aspnet_compiler requires us (in our setup) to crack open the actual build process template, which we are trying to avoid.

    I would love to be proved wrong! :)