How to force my ASP.net 2.0 app to recompile

Question

I have a ASP.net 2.0 app and I have made some changes the the source file ( cs files ). I uploaded the changes with the belief that it would auto-recompile. I also have the

Answer 1

my #1 way to do this, add white space to the top of the web config file, after the xml declaration tag.

It forces the node to re-cache and recompile. We even have a page deep in the admin called Flush.aspx that does it for us.

Answer 2

It's always best to just actually run a build after making .cs changes.

Where are you running it? Is this for debugging or production?

Answer 3

I use a similar method to ChanChan, but instead of whitespace I put a comment in the web.config to indicate when/why the config was edited.

Answer 4

In VS menu you have Build -> Rebuild Solution