how to hide the C# coding from the end user after Installing?

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I have developed a web project and created a setup file.It runs fine in IIS but when i click explore in m project it shows the folder where all my coding resides .So i need a way to hide the coding from the visibility.

Is their ant way to do this....

1.either at the time of developing
2.at the time of installing .

or any other way...
please help me

thank you

Posted 15-Mar-14 0:00am

Md.Ashraf Ali

Updated 15-Mar-14 0:01am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-15T00:11:00

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Use "Publish Web Site" from the VS Build menu - it compiles the project and publishes the DLL form which does not contain the source code. If this is not sufficient, you can also use an Obfuscator program to make the DLL even harder to read.

Posted 15-Mar-14 0:11am

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Md.Ashraf Ali 15-Mar-14 6:44am

Thank you so much sir,could u provide me any link....

OriginalGriff 15-Mar-14 6:46am

You need a link to the menu bar on your copy of Visual Studio?

Md.Ashraf Ali 15-Mar-14 6:47am

process to publish and make a setup file......

Md.Ashraf Ali 15-Mar-14 6:46am

after publishing i would be able to make a setup file?

OriginalGriff 15-Mar-14 6:57am

You don't need a setup file for IIS - it's just the website - you publish your site as a complete object which compiles it and uploads it to your web host.
Provided you didn't leave the source files there from the last time you tested it, there should be no source included.

Md.Ashraf Ali 15-Mar-14 7:00am

i want to run it in local host....

Md.Ashraf Ali 15-Mar-14 7:02am

yes,source code is not included but how to run it in other's system local host...

OriginalGriff 15-Mar-14 7:06am

Publish it to their domain!
You can't just hand someone "a website" as a file and expect it to run on their system: it needs support code to run the website - like IIS for example, or the version that ships with VS.

What exactly are you trying to achieve here?

Md.Ashraf Ali 15-Mar-14 7:12am

Actually i have developed a hospital software and this software should be run in client machine not in a server.

OriginalGriff 15-Mar-14 7:16am

You don't run web software in the client.
You run web software in the server, and have a client which talks to it. You can't go trying to ship server software with each of your applications: that's just silly!
You could do it - there is an Express version of IIS which your users could download - but they might not be happy since it will publish it as a website for anybody it can show it to on the internet! Since nearly all countries have pretty strict rules about medical data confidentiality you might want to think again...

Md.Ashraf Ali 15-Mar-14 7:18am

their is no issue its running fine in IIS but it showing the Coding while exploring that's my main issue....

Md.Ashraf Ali 15-Mar-14 7:23am

please help....

Md.Ashraf Ali 15-Mar-14 7:14am

that's way i was creating a setup file.

Md.Ashraf Ali 15-Mar-14 7:17am

Please help me ...i know u could solve my issue..if u have any doubt about my question pls ask ....and help

VICK 17-Mar-14 1:27am

I Think you are merging two concepts together. You want a web application,s to work like a window form application.

Re-read the Original Griff's reply: you dont have to deploy the site on your client's system if you want them not to see your code etc. just get a domain or a public IP from your ISP and deploy your site on your machine and provide a link of which to the client only.

Md.Ashraf Ali 20-Mar-14 2:00am

where i can place the IP address in my coding? could you explain it briefly please