Build References to a SubFolder

Question

I'm wanting to build a program that is extensible through 3rd party modules.  I am intending these modules to be added to a ./Plugins/ subfolder from the application root.  There will also be some "Plugins" included with the core package as well.  I am trying to get these supplied plugins to build into the Plugins sufolder, and am not having any luck.  

I have 3 Projects in my solution currently.

Project 1 - Core Application Libraries (Class Library)

Project 2 - Test UI (Windows Forms App)

Project 3 - Test Plugin (Class Library)

Unfortunately, if I set the Test UI as the main app, with references to each of the others, it compiles the other .DLL's into it's main folder, and I can find no way to automatically have the Plugin (Project 3) compile to the Test UI's Plugins subfolder.

Answer 1

Be aware that a DLL is no plugin, that is from the time before OOP when we got linked libraries to call. Now in .Net the DLL is a Class Library from which the resulting objects are implemented in the main application.

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Answer 2

Hi CraziFuzzy,

According to your description, I supposed you're using VSIX Project. We have a forum http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vsx/threads for this issue. In order to provide support, I will move thread.

Thanks for understanding!

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Answer 3

Hi CraziFuzzy,

Did you set the wrong output file in your project.

Can you upload your package project SkyDriver and post link here?

Best regards,

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Ego [MSFT]
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Answer 4

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