I have created a new project called myProject1.
Now Visual studio creates in the folder where I placed the project a folder called myProject1 and there it also creates a subfolder myProject1 where it then puts the source files. Thus I have
c:\MyProjectLocation\myProject1\myProject1
Now my question hwere is: Can I change it so that the 2nd sub folder is not used and the source files put into the first folder? Thus I only get:
c:\MyProjectLocation\myProject1
As example.
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How can copy all files and folders in 'Folder' from 'ProjectB' to 'ProjectA'
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*ProjectA*
*ProjectB*
**Folder**
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In visual studio i have created two different project in same solution.
I use AngularJS in both of projects, i have create some mine components for management data. Also i use AngularUI routing and i include all components as dependencies.
How can create a copy link for folder 'Folder' from 'ProjectB' that can include in 'ProjectA' ?
For now, i have duplicated all files, so if any change has been place in one project that include 'Folder', i must copy/paste folder 'Folder' to other project, so both projects have same files and code.
SOLUTION
In windows you can create linked folder from command prompt with this command 'mklink /D target source'. So any change to one file will bind to other always
Suppose we have a project A with output directory bin/ and a project B with output directory test/bin/. Project A needs to have a certain configuration file copied to its output directory. Currently, this is being done by adding a pre-build event that looks like
COPY /Y "$(ProjectDir)..\config.ini" "$(TargetDir)"
Project B has A as dependency. When project B builds, the binary resulting from A is correctly copied to the output directory of B, but the config file isn't!
How can we achieve that all files that A needs to have are also copied to the output directory of B?
What you want is a Link File. I've used these before to ensure that connection.config files are copied to multiple projects.
I created a sample solution that mimics your described scenario as seen below. The ConsoleApplication1 references the ClassLibrary1 project. In the solution, I created a solution folder config and added the shared config that needs to be copied.
In order to have a single file that is copied across multiple projects, you must create a single file, and then add it as a link to the projects that need it. This can be done by right clicking on the project, and choosing Add -> Existing Item.... You will see a dialog as show below and you want to choose the Add as Link option from the dropdown instead of just Add.
Finally, edit the properties for the linked file to copy it to the output directory.
I have some custom made XML files and a read me file that I've included in my project.
How do I make it so that these files are copied to my debug/release folders automatically when I build my project? I've tried setting the Copy to Output Directory property to "Copy Always" but this doesn't seem to do the trick.
I'm using VS2010
I've found the answer. The build action needs to be set to Content if you want to just directly copy the file to the output folder.
I as using visual studio 2010. My solution is having more than one projects in it which are have relationships to each. When I adding a reference to a other project I can use public components (classes,enums ) of that. But when I compile it it gives error saying that those classes are not referenced(Not available).
But when I change the folder structure(When I reduce the level of folder hierarchy/when project folders borings to the root folder ex: d:\ ) it works fine.
Is it because of the length of the folder hierarchi ?
Check your namespaces
When you're adding reference, add it using Project References. So what it does is it compiles the dependencies first. Check if all projects are compiling individually.
Verify target framework versions
No, it is not because of folder hierarchy.... it is because not setting hierarchy properly !!
Follow this steps:
Lets say you have project A and project B.
Project A is dependent on Project B. So we need to add dependency of Project B to Project A.
So right click on Project A -> Open Folder in File Explorer.
Then check which folder it opens into (Lets call it "source folder") and check where the project files whose dependency to be added (Lets call it "destination folder") are located from that folder location. Add the relative path from source to destination folder. (Ex: "..\..\destination folder" ).
Add this relative path in Project A Properties -> Configuration Properties -> C/C++ ->Additional Include Directories.
Good luck.
Yes, hangar18 has suggested correctly. Add reference of each project (Static Libraries) to you execuatble project ( Console Application Project / Startup project).
Also add path of each folder where the header files and corresponding C/C++ files are residing.
Here is the problem:
1. Create a TestProject in your Visual Studio solution.
2. Open the .testrunconfig file and under the 'deployment' menu item, select the 'Enable Deployment' checkbox.
3. Now click on 'Add Directory...' button and add a folder which has some files in it.
4. Run the test project (use a dummy test).
Ok, now go check the TestResults folder: You will see that all the files got directly copied (to the top level)- the folder itself is not copied (with the files under them). This messes up my paths during testing. Can anybody tell how to get the folder copied instead of just the files underneath ?
Thanks.
Use the [DeploymentItem] attribute on the test classes that use it. You can specify a directory:
[TestClass]
[DeploymentItem("blahblah\\myDirectory", "myDirectory")]
public class MyTest
{
}
Note:
DeploymentItem is very slow when starting the tests. It seems to copy 2 files per second.
You can specify the attribute on a test base class. But it does not always work if you have more than one test project.
You can probably specify it on a TestClass that has a method marked with [AssemblyInitialize]. Then you have only to provide it once. Not sure, you have to try.
The source directory is relative to the solution location. This is hardly documented.
Open the .testsettings file in notepad. Now, you should see that for every folder to copy
<DeploymentItem filename="FolderName\" />
Change this to
<DeploymentItem filename="FolderName\" outputDirectory="FolderName\" />
The other option you have is to create another folder beneath the original folder, and then that folder will be deployed to the out directory. For example you can have this structure:
TestFolder/
TestFolder/TestDeployment/
And then in the testrunconfig you still select the TestFolder folder and the TestDeployment folder will be deployed to the out directory.
I just had this problem too today. I solved it by adding a folder called "deployment_files" in the project that contained the required folder. Then I put the required folder into the "deployment_files" folder. THEN, I opened the LocalTestRun.testrunconfig file under the "Solution Items" folder in the Solution Explorer. Went to the "Deployment" panel in the testrunconfig property window. Added the "deployment_files" directory to the deployment and voila. The folder within that was copied to the test results Out folder.