In a WAP we usually have a Project file, User file, Bin folder, Obj folder, ASP.NET pages, User Contorls, WCF and Web Services etc. ASP.NET pages and other similar files have two additional artifacts in a WAP project as shown below(aspx structure):
When you build the WAP project the resources from both the .aspx.cs as well as .aspx.designer.cs files are taken and compiled into the intermediate output folder(obj folder) and then finally moved to the (bin folder)
You do not really need the Project files (.csproj/.vbproj); User files(.user) to run your web. Neither do you need any of the code behind or designer files as they are compiled into your Bin folder. At the same time you also do not need the obj folder as that is just the intermediate folder VS uses before produces the final output in the Bin folder.
l Only files needed to run this application
Based on this rationale VS only publishes the files which are required to run your application(which are your .aspx and other similar markup files), your referenced DLLs and your Bin folder.
l All Project Files
Based on the above discussion it is apparent that your code behind and designer files are part of your project, so are your .user and .csproj/ .vbproj … If you select this option then your entire project with these files is published to remote location.
l All files in the source Project Folder
By choosing “All files in the source Project Folder” you can take all these files(excluding obj) folder and transfer it to any remote location via HTTP,FTP or simple disk IO to a UNC location.
Many a times users chose to exclude files from their projects by choosing the “Exclude from Project” command(see picture below). This command essentially removes the artifact from the project file, although do note that these files are still present in your source project folder. Apart from this many a time users want to add help files, read me files, references docs and other misc items in their project folder while they do not really want to publish these artifact most of the time.
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