Yes I know, this question has been asked loads of times already.
But this isn't quite the same. Actually I think the error message is accurate!
Normally when you view a published ASPX file, you just see "This is a marker file generated by the precompilation tool, and should not be deleted!".
In my case, after building and publishing, when I view the published pages I see the full source code.
I'm using a newly installed copy of VS2012 so there's obviously something not quite right.
Any suggestions?
Thanks :)
Normally when you view a published ASPX file, you just see "This is a marker file generated by the precompilation tool, and should not be deleted!".
Well, not really "normally" - you have to set that explicitly.
Usual way - open Visual Studio, right-click project, "Publish", select profile
Check the profile settings, or if necessary, create a new profile and (re)set to what you want.
Screen shot of settings where you can pre-compile, make "updatable" or not (fully compiled, where you see the note you referred to above), etc.
As shown below, the "normal" (default) settings is "updatable". Uncheck == everything is compiled - even (cs/vb)html, aspx, etc. (no source viewable in files)
Hth...