I'm trying to find a simple and easy means to copy an existing visual studio project, and automatically create a prototype of that solution/project with a new/updated name, via an asp/web based interface. I'm currently doing this manually... copying the directory, updating the solution, project, references (assembly/root), and a couple labels in a form to the updated project name. It's not an overly complex or lengthy process, but I'd like to automate the process (if possible) as I'll be having multiple prototype projects made and doing it quite frequently.
I have a webpage which stores a list of my current projects and their locations, and was trying to implement a textbox input with a new report name, which would allow me to select a particular project and new name for it, and then automatically copy the existing project/solution to an new folder with updated references to reflect the new project name.
Is this renaming of a project and updating of references possible via a classic vb asp page possible, without any visual studio browser plug-ins? I'm trying to do this outside the scope of visual studio.