I have the project files for a program that was compiled in Visual Basic.
The extensions are:
.cls
.frm
.frx
.bas
.SCC
.vbp
.vbw
Currently the files are in a .zip
How do I import these into a new project to modify the code and recompile it myself?
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I just created a new project in Visual Studio 2019 and copied a bunch of files into the source/repos/project directory but they don't compile. I am guessing that is because these files were not created using Visual Studio.
Is there an easy way to make sure that the Project compiles all files in the directory even if they were created elsewhere? Right now all the files that I pasted in are treated like hidden files and the build option is a greyed out "None" instead of "Compile."
The files in question are all folders, PHP files, CSS, Javascript, etc.
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I'm building an installer for a Visual Studio 2010 solution and I've decided to go with WiX. I've added the WiX setup project to the solution and am trying to configure it in a similar fashion to the rest of the projects in the solution.
The way those projects are setup is that their project files are in a seperate directory from the rest of the source:
Source
Core
UI
Projects <- .vcproj files for the Core and UI projects are in this directory
...
Now the new project for the WiX installer is called Setup so the directory tree now looks like:
Source
Core
UI
Setup
Projects <- .wixproj for Setup is here, and I want it's source files in the Setup directory
...
The problem is that whenever I add a source file to the Setup project, it copies the file from where it is to the Projects directory, next to the .wixproj file.
Is there something I can set on the project to prevent this behaviour and include WiX source files in-place?
Bryan's comment basically covered it:
You could also open the .wixproj in an xml editor and add the files by editing the xml (see how the other files you linked to the project appear). That seems more complicated, but may be less tedious if you have a very large number of source files to add.
Is there any way to instruct Visual Studio 2010 to keep my .h files and .cpp files separate from the project files and databases that VS generates to manage the project? Specifically, I would like to have a set up where the project files are in the VS install folder and the source files are in a completely separate folder in my Dropbox, and monitored by git.
You can put the .cpp and .h files wherever you want. A project file just lists the locations of the source files. Create the .cpp and .h files where you want them, perhaps with Notepad, and then use "Add Existing File" to add them to the project. (Right-click on the project name in Solution Explorer and choose "Add Existing File".)
Source files are represented in the project file using relative paths, so if both the sources and the projects are on the same disk drive, the sources will be represented something like "..\..\..\..\MyFiles\work\SuperCalc\Input\parser.cpp". If they're on a different drive, then they'll use absolute paths like "D:\MyFiles\work\SuperCalc\Input\parser.cpp".
A detailed example of a source file and build file layout which uses this technique is presented in this StackOverflow response about organizing Visual C++ source files. You may find it helpful.
As an aside, if you really want to store your project files in the VS install folder, which is under C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0", then you'll need to run VS in Administrator mode, because C:\Program Files is a protected directory.
Is there a way to set a vcproj Project folder in order to automatically include all .cpp or .h files depending on the path of the project ?
On other words, when adding files to the folder of my project using Windows explorer, is it possible to have these new files automatically added to a vcproj Project, inside Visual Studio ? (even if I have to relaunch Visual Studio).
I do not need just to see them, but I need them to be automatically included inside the project for compiling and other operations...
The only way I see is to create a Visual Studio addin or a VB Script to do that...
Thanks,
Regards
You can edit project file and use wildcards. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171454%28v=VS.90%29.aspx
I'm stuck on this tutorial for creating a multi-project visual studio template. I'm specifically stuck on this line:
Select the files and folders to include in your template, right-click the selection, click Send To, and then click Compressed (zipped) Folder. The files and folders are compressed into a .zip file.
I did the following steps:
Create 2 projects. (MyProj.Web and MyProj.Service)
Reference MyProj.Service in MyProj.Web.
Export both. They are now in a .zip file.
What do I do from here?
My intentions are: Make solution folders where some dlls will be (DI, unit testing frameworks, etc). Have these dlls referenced. Reference projects in other projects. Rename part of the projects. For eg. the ability to replace {MyProj}.Service with NewName.Service
The other parts includes making the .vstemplate xml file and placing the zip in the ProjectTemplates.
Per the article:
Put the .zip template file in the Visual Studio project template
directory. By default, this directory is \My Documents\Visual Studio
2010\Templates\ProjectTemplates\
The Visual Studio template will then be available from File > New Project. If making a template for a single item, place it in the \ItemTemplates folder instead to make it available from the Add New Item context menu in Solution Explorer.