How to set Visual Studio to Publish pdf files automatically

Question

Is there a way to set visual studio to publish all pdf files?

I know that you can set each individual pdf file in a project with the Build Action "Content" property.

But that means doing the same thing 100's of times for my current project, is there a way to change a global setting to do the same thing?

Answer 1

there is an easier way, you have to make sure your file is included in the project first, then right-click on the file go to properties, there will be an option "copy to output directory", choose "copy always"

Good luck

Answer 2

Just right click on the file you want to include, choose properties, in the properties window change build action to content. This will include the file during publish.