How to deploy a vs.net 2005 application

[vkkishore_s]

Hi

I have a very small doubt which looks to be very silly point for all of you members.As of now i am working on vs.net 2003 but now i shifted to vs.net 2005.

in vs.net 2003 web application if i did any small or major modifications then i used to deploy only dll's and asp pages ( if there is any change in html content)

but in vs.net 2005 , if i did any small or major modifications i am publishing the web site ,and deploying the entire output files generated after publishing.

is it necessity to deploy all these files or is there any other solution for this .

some of my folks told me that we can use patches (its just an idea of my friends not a confirmation).

If any body of you know , how to do this please assist me.

Thanks in advance
Krishna

[mendhak]

In ASP.NET 2.0 (VS 2005 onwards), you can either copy and deploy all of the files to the web host, or you can precompile your website (it's an option in the publish dialog box) and deploy just the .aspx and .dll files. And of course the usual JS, images, css, etc.