I have a msbuild project file myproject.proj. Now is there any way I can make a solution file (.sln) from the .proj file. If this is not possible. Is there any ways I can make a solution file from a group of csproj files?
If you would like to do manually.
Open Visual Studio
File>Open>Project/Solution
Provide/Select existing vcxproj file.
File>Save Solution. Provide name. Or If you fire build, it will ask you for name first time.
Same can be done for many vcxproj as well. Repeat step 3.
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A friend sent me his visual studio project that contains 2 files:
naomi.sln
naomi.v12.suo
When I try to open the first file I get the error in visual studios:
One or more projects in the solution were not loaded correctly. Please see the Output Window for details.
How can I open the project?
You don't actually have the project (only the solution - .sln file). The project file should have .vcproj or .vcxproj extension. The .suo file contains some solution user data (as seen in [MS.Docs]: Solution User Options (.Suo) File). Get the project file that the solution references, and you'll be able to open it.
In Visual Studio 2013 I need to add an exsisting project to solution. This project has no *.sln file so I can't use "Add->Exsisting Project...".
I want to add Firefox Extension code to the solution. This code has no proper template to use, so I have to do it somehow other way. What do you advice me to do?
A project doesn't need a *.sln file. That is a solution file, and you don't add a solution to a solution. What you need is a project file; a *.XXproj file, where XX is the type of project.
If you don't have a project file either, just create a new project in the solution and copy the files into the project.
I have a solution file with 3 projects under it. A situation came up where I need to open just the one csproj file in the solution. So I tried to open just that single csproj file.
Guess what wonderful Visual Studio does. It always opens the entire associated solution of the csproj file! I've tried double-clicking on the csproj file from Windows Explorer, tried File->Open->Project/Solution and explicitly chose the csproj file, all to no avail.
This is where I have to say the eggheads at Microsoft are so smart that they are stupid. Does anyone have an idea what I can do, short of creating another solution (containing only the one csproj file that I want)?
I have a C# solution in Visual Studio 2008. I have added a configuration file (called configuration.xml) to the "Solution Items" of the solution.
The idea is to have this file copied to each Project's debug/release directory upon build.
How can I achieve this?
In the post build step for each of your projects add the following line
copy /Y $(SolutionDir)/configuration.xml $(ProjectDir)
If your configuration file is in a solution subdirectory you have to add that to the source path of course.
You could also add the file as a link to each project (see this answer.) This is often easier to see than looking at the project properties for a post-build step.
I have a script that generates a .sln file and a few .vcproj files for visual studio 2005. I need to set the WorkingDirectory option but its specified in the .user file. A file we cannot currently generate. I found the vcproj file definition at msdn, but it seems that this option cant be set from there.
How does one specify "Configuration Properties->Debugging->Working Directory" from the .sln or .vcproj file?
After you change your settings, and close the sln you will get a user file named something like:
Project_Name.vcproj.Domain.user_name.user
Change it to:
Project_Name.vcproj.user and commit.
The next person who checks out the code will use this user file to create their user specific one.
Change from my comment. I did find the property:
VCDebugSettings.WorkingDirectory
Use Visual Studio Extensibility to create an add-in or macro that calls this method. You should be able to hook into a BeforeCompile event or something to set it.
Not an easy answer, but doable.