How to share CSS file across multiple projects in Visual Studio 2012?

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I have a Visual Studio Project Solution which consists of 3 projects. I want the CSS to be shared by these 3 projects in the VS Solution to minimize the changes since all of them are using the same CSS rules.

How can I achieve this? I tried the Add As Link function but the project does not seem to use the linked CSS.

Thanks.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:18:06Z

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This related question gives a very easy step-by-step overview of how to use "Add As Link".

Note that your linked files will not be accessible while debugging your project, unless you add a task to your Project File to manually copy your linked files as described here.

Example:

<Target Name="CopyLinkedContentFiles" BeforeTargets="Build">
    <Copy SourceFiles="%(Content.Identity)" 
          DestinationFiles="%(Content.Link)" 
          SkipUnchangedFiles='true' 
          OverwriteReadOnlyFiles='true' 
          Condition="'%(Content.Link)' != ''" />
</Target>

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