how can i copy files from one project to other project automatically after building solution

Question

i have a solution , in that i have 5 projects, one project is startup project, which contains references to other projects , whenever i build a solution reference projects Dlls will not getting updated automatically.

its getting updated in debug folder but not in bin folder ,

i searched through, got solution that i need to write post build event , i tried some but not working, every code givin error,

below is my project path C:\Documents and Settings\ico403\My Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\Source_Codes\Framework\CD\bin\Debug

i want to copy spesific files(or Dlls) from this project to other, the path where i need to copy is C:\Documents and Settings\ico403\My Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\Source_Codes\Framework\CD\bin

i want this to happen whwnever i build a solution,

how do i copy?

and if i want to copy only specific files ? how do i do that?

Thanks in advance

Very similar question here too http://stackoverflow.com/questions/834270/visual-studio-post-build-event-copy-to-relative-directory-location — rh072005, Dec 24 '13 at 09:07

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 24 '13 at 11:37

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you can use the following code in build event

copy "[Source]" "[Destination]"

here is a working example to copy from class library to website bin folder

copy "$(ProjectDir)EmailTemplates" "$(SolutionDir)Website/bin/EmailTemplates"

answered Dec 24 '13 at 11:37

Mohamed Salah

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how can i copy files from one project to other project automatically after building solution

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