How do I add a class file to an existing project from an exe, command prompt or any other way?

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I want to create a windows application project which can add .cs file(it will be generated by my project) to an another project(available in a different solution).

Can it be achieved by C#, if no is there any other way?

Posted 23-Dec-14 16:52pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 23-Dec-14 23:12pm

Not clear and does not seem to make any sense. Why trying to do such things; what's the point?
It simply means that you need to modify the project file and perhaps directory structure of some project. But why?
—SA

BillWoodruff 24-Dec-14 0:00am

There are several ways your question could be interpreted, so I'd like to ask you to clarify. Are you speaking about one Application which is RUNNING inserting a file into the folder structure of another .NET Application which is not running and modifying that not-running Application so when it starts up it loads the inserted file ?

Or ... ?

Sicppy 24-Dec-14 2:13am

You might consider expanding your question to include what exactly you are trying to accomplish here. I have posted an answer which would cover some of the most common needs for such an operation, and if it answers your question, please consider accepting the solution.

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Sicppy · Answer 1 · 2014-12-23T18:07:00

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If you have a way to compile it into a dll, you can always use System.Reflection to load a dll at runtime(see this StackOverflow question). If not you can always try lua, there's a good article about that over on DreamInCode.

Posted 23-Dec-14 18:07pm

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BillWoodruff 24-Dec-14 0:43am

This is, potentially, a very good answer ... once we understand what the OP actually is doing, and what their goal is.

Sicppy 24-Dec-14 0:46am

Yes they were a bit vague, lua is usually my goto for these type of things as you can link lua functions to c# functions in your program and essentially program without compiling.

BillWoodruff 24-Dec-14 1:55am

That's interesting ! Perhaps you might consider doing an article on using Lua with C#, and show how you have found it useful, essential, etc. ?

I wonder if the OP in this case is after some kind of plug-in architecture, in which case I think MEF would be a candidate.

thanks, Bill

Sicppy 24-Dec-14 2:11am

I might do just that!