project.json solution project reference

Question

I'm playing with ASP.NET 5 (vNext) and I wanted add reference to project.json file to my Database Project. Here it is:

project.json

{
    "webroot": "wwwroot",
    "version": "1.0.0-*",
    "exclude": [
        "wwwroot"
    ],
    "packExclude": [
        "**.kproj",
        "**.user",
        "**.vspscc"
    ],
    "dependencies": {
        "Microsoft.AspNet.Server.IIS": "1.0.0-beta1",
        "EntityFramework.Commands": "7.0.0-beta1",
        "EntityFramework": "7.0.0-beta1",
        "EntityFramework.SqlServer": "7.0.0-beta1",
        "Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework": "3.0.0-beta1",
        "Microsoft.AspNet.Security.Cookies": "1.0.0-beta1",
        "DataManagement": ""    <----- THIS IS MY PROJECT WITHIN SOLUTION
    },
    "frameworks": {
        "aspnet50": { },
        "aspnetcore50": { }
    }
}

DataManagement project is simply Class Library, however I tried with ASP.NET 5 Class Library. Both project types fail and this is what I see in visual studio:

Project is building properly and producing (of course) Datamanagement.dll, but this library isn't found by Web project.

To be exact, below there are target versions of both projects:

DataManagement: KRE-CLR-x86.1.0.0-rc1-10846
Web:            KRE-CLR-x86.1.0.0-rc1-10846

Answer 1

By default, both projects need to have the same parent folder.

For example, this pattern works:

• /mysolution/project1/project.json
• /mysolution/project2/project.json

But this won't:

• /mysolution/sub1/project1/project.json
• /mysolution/sub2/project2/project.json

Often the easiest is to ensure both projects have the same common parent folder.

But, if they can't, you can add a global.json file to the "solution" folder and indicate where the sources are to be located:

{
    "sources": ["sub1", "sub2"]
}