Solutions and Projects
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If I have a .dll project with a bunch of common classes, can I add that project to multiple solutions? Is this a safe thing to do or is there a better solution?
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If I have a .dll project with a bunch of common classes, can I add that project to multiple solutions? Is this a safe thing to do or is there a better solution?
mobius111001 wrote:
.dll project
Why not just reference the DLL in whatever project you want to use it in instead of adding the project all the time?
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns
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mobius111001 wrote:
.dll project
Why not just reference the DLL in whatever project you want to use it in instead of adding the project all the time?
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns
If I wanted to add new features to the DLL or something of that nature.
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If I wanted to add new features to the DLL or something of that nature.
mobius111001 wrote:
add new features to the DLL
That does not preclude you adding new features.
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns
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mobius111001 wrote:
add new features to the DLL
That does not preclude you adding new features.
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns
Yet, .Net is crap where code re-use is concerned. In C++, all you had to do was add a given file to your project, regardless of what folder it was in. In .net, you can't do that. I don't care to have a million little DLL's distributed with my app. Sometimes, I don't want ANY DlL's. Code re-use is limited to making a COPY of a file in the new project's folder. It's just crap, and a huge step AWAY from code re-use.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Yet, .Net is crap where code re-use is concerned. In C++, all you had to do was add a given file to your project, regardless of what folder it was in. In .net, you can't do that. I don't care to have a million little DLL's distributed with my app. Sometimes, I don't want ANY DlL's. Code re-use is limited to making a COPY of a file in the new project's folder. It's just crap, and a huge step AWAY from code re-use.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
If I have a .dll project with a bunch of common classes, can I add that project to multiple solutions? Is this a safe thing to do or is there a better solution?
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Isn't using a Source Control product the modern version of pointing your C/C++ project to a file on your hard drive? :confused:
led mike
Nope, not when you're dealing with .Net.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
mobius111001 wrote:
add new features to the DLL
That does not preclude you adding new features.
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns
Ok...I now have many follow up questions to this dilemma. If you can't just link in a DLLs source tree, what is the purpose of having a solution and not just opening up multiple IDEs with multiple projects? If I just reference the DLL, when I step into a function debugging, will it know where to find the source for that DLL? This DLL I already have has common data access routines in it that is used by a service I created. I would like to access those same routines with a new service. I may also need to add more functions, but like I said, I would like to be able to step into those routines and debug.
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Ok...I now have many follow up questions to this dilemma. If you can't just link in a DLLs source tree, what is the purpose of having a solution and not just opening up multiple IDEs with multiple projects? If I just reference the DLL, when I step into a function debugging, will it know where to find the source for that DLL? This DLL I already have has common data access routines in it that is used by a service I created. I would like to access those same routines with a new service. I may also need to add more functions, but like I said, I would like to be able to step into those routines and debug.
mobius111001 wrote:
If you can't just link in a DLLs source tree
You can, no one said you could not.
mobius111001 wrote:
I step into a function debugging
If it were me, I would not just reference a DLL that I did not trust had been tested and debugged. If you cannot trust the functionality of the DLL you would probably be way better off adding the project to your solution.
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns
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mobius111001 wrote:
If you can't just link in a DLLs source tree
You can, no one said you could not.
mobius111001 wrote:
I step into a function debugging
If it were me, I would not just reference a DLL that I did not trust had been tested and debugged. If you cannot trust the functionality of the DLL you would probably be way better off adding the project to your solution.
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns
Ok, so what is the proper way to add a project to a solution so that a second copy of the code isn't created?
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Ok, so what is the proper way to add a project to a solution so that a second copy of the code isn't created?
mobius111001 wrote:
proper way to add a project to a solution
I suppose that depends on the version of VS you are using. In VS 2008, right click on the solution, select Add, then select Existing project.
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns
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Yet, .Net is crap where code re-use is concerned. In C++, all you had to do was add a given file to your project, regardless of what folder it was in. In .net, you can't do that. I don't care to have a million little DLL's distributed with my app. Sometimes, I don't want ANY DlL's. Code re-use is limited to making a COPY of a file in the new project's folder. It's just crap, and a huge step AWAY from code re-use.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001You can add source code as a link, I do that a lot when I don't want to include my whole library. I agree (and have since my first experience with VS ten years ago) that VS should not copy files by default.
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If I have a .dll project with a bunch of common classes, can I add that project to multiple solutions? Is this a safe thing to do or is there a better solution?
Yes you can. I do. Otherwise, I can't step into that code while debugging.
