After a comment from reader, I decided to post a small update before the release of my web application project V2. This version basically the same code that i have released before on my blog about web application project now ... working. In this new version I have added the global.asax file and got it to work on the single assembly model.
It all comes down to the mix and mash compilation of the web application projects trying to be to many things at once. The global.asax file will work out of the box however if you are trying to use single page assemblies model with it (keeping all files the same format ie using code file instead of code behind attribute) you need to change a few things with the global assembly file before it all works.
Firstly you must change the code behind attribute int he global.asax file to code file. Notice that the schema will show a validation error telling you that code file is not supported, ignore that, the code file as shown in the .net documentation is the replacement for code behind attribute and it is supported by the compiler. (see url: @ Application - Global.asax)
After that you need to go the the global.asax.cs file (ie the code file) and add the keyword partial to the Global class, that will allow the file to be merged into one class.
The last thing that you need to do is to change the build action on the code file to none so the compiler wont compile the class twice. After all of that we should be ok. Build and you will see your single assembly for your global.asax file.
Enjoy
Daniel Portella
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