I am trying to share a common method between a bunch of legacy .asmx files. The files are just 'helper' type methods, so I don't feel the need to put them into their own project (although if that is the solution, so be it). Right now one of the methods is in a static class and looks like this:
public static class WebServiceHelper
{
public static string GetUsername(ref int statusCode, string absoluteUri)
{
...
}
}
However, this class is not visible to the .asmx.cs files. I have tried putting the files in their own project (not ideal), but the project's namespaces also seem 'invisible' to the web service project. This worked previously using an App_Code folder, but I need to remove this as I am implementing a static weaver for method timing. I have a very hackish solution that seems more like a side effect. If I place the 'helper' classes at the bottom of any of the .asmx.cs files, they become available to all of the .asmx.cs files.
Any suggestions?
The issue was with the project file. I created a new ASMX project and the problem went away. No App_Code project was created (which made more sense) for this project, so the previous developer most likely used a website project.