Migrating from vs2003 to vs2005 - embedding Aspose.Words.lic?

Aspose.Words Product Family
1

Hi,
I am migrating a solution built in vs2003 to vs2005.
I am having a problem with Aspose.Words.lic. In vs2003 I set the build action to embed Aspose.Words.lic. Then I placed the following in my Global.aspx Application_Start method.

Aspose.Words.License oLicense = new Aspose.Words.License();
oLicense.SetLicense("Aspose.Words.lic")

This worked great in vs2003 but how do I set the build action to embed Aspose.Words.lic in vs2005.
Neil

2

Setting the build action for the file included in solution is made in exactly same way in VS2005, as in VS2003, using the Properties window.

3

I highlight Aspose.Words.lic in the vs2005 solution explorer of my Web Site Project. The property windows does not have a build option. There are only 2 properties:
1)File Name
2)File Path
Please advise
Neil

4

Seems that web site project is organized quite differently in VS2005. I have not found how to make a license file an embedded resource yet.
The workaround is putting license file to a ‘Bin’ directory of Web site project, adding global.asax file to the project and adding the license initialization code to Application_Start handler in global.asax file.

5

It seems like the Build Action property is not allowed for VS 2005 Web project files at all… So please use the workaround suggested by Vladimir.