I am working on a .NET Core/C# solution that contains multiple projects. I have done so before but for this one I set up everything through a remote server in a linux terminal. Once all my projects were created and pushed to GitHub, I pulled to my local machine. Problem I am running into is that intellisense is not working at all in any project in my solution. I am wondering if I set up everything correctly or if there is something I am missing. Below is some screenshots of my directory and one screenshot of VS.
root dir from repo
1 dir down into BlabberApp folder
2nd dir down into BlabberApp.DomainTest
What is shown in VS when I open root dir
What is shown in VS when I open solution file
I have tried opening using open file for: .csproj file, .cs file, as well as open folder for various folders that hold my separate projects. I also tried to open folder to the BlabberApp folder which contains the folders that hold my .sln as well as the folders that hold all my separate projects. I need intellisense to recognize references some projects have with each other. I also need it to recognize my tests to properly test everything. One thing peculiar I found is when I open the .sln file it shows in the solution explorer that 0 projects are loaded. Also none of my tests are recognized in the test explorer (I have tried cleaning and building the sln with no changes showing in test explorer).
I have also gone through the steps of going to tools -> options -> text editor -> c# -> intellisense to check/uncheck the boxes under completion lists. Any advice would be helpful! Thanks
It seems any of your projects are not listed in your solution. Somehow they unloaded from the solution. You can add the projects one by one in the solution. Or you can take help of a plugin that will add all projects from the solution folder at once. please add them by the following step:
Add this VS extension
Right-click on the solution and click on Add multiple projects
check Add solution folder
Click Load Projects From Folder
Select the solution directory
Select all projects
Click start
please follow the link instructions for more details.
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I worked on some C# app (wpf), I uploaded it as zip file to google drive for now that's the only copy of the project That I have.
The problem is that I forgot to upload the .sln file.
When I downloaded the app from google drive to my pc I took some other .sln from other app and it worked fine for now.
Is it ok? I mean it can cause any problems in the feature?
A solution is sort of like a container that holds all your projects together. So as long as you have a valid project file (.csproj) you can simply create your own solution file and add the project to it.
If you go to:
File > New > Project
you can open up New Project dialog box.
There, under:
Installed > Other Project Types > Visual Studio Solutions
you can create a blank solution.
Once you do that, then you can add your existing project to this new empty solution.
For that, go to your Solution Explorer, right click the solution and select Add > Existing Project and select your project.
I took some other .sln from another app and it worked fine for now:
Most of the time: If you have a single csproj file, all you have to do is double click on the csproj file to build it. Visual Studio will automatically create a solution for your single csproj.
Is it ok? I mean it can cause any problems in the feature?
I think the big issues will only come when you have more than one project in your solution.
For example, lets say you have a solution with Project A and Project B, and project B has a reference to A.
You will need to add both projects to your new solution so that .NET knows to build A first, then build B using the output from building A.
Project name is testProject. I want to create a new folder named "TestProject" and move the project into it, because I want to add testProject.uTest and testProject.iTest for unit and integration tests. So everything related is located in the same folder.
The solution is in VSTS. Already one folder exists with the same name because of the project. Namespaces will all change.
How do I go about this the best way?
I got everything to work.
First I opened the solution and deleted the project in there. Then I created the new folder in the solution explorer. I then copied all the project related files into the new folder in windows explorer. I opened up the solution and added this existing project and add all files to source contrl. Next I had to re-add nuget packages and fix some references in other projects. Next I pushed the changes and then I deleted the old project files in source control explorer.
Took 10mins and everything works fine!
A few simple steps that worked for me:
Create a folder and add some text/number at the end:
Example: Infrastructure1
Create/Add the Project to your solution without the text/number at the end.
Example: Infrastructure
Rename the folder (Infrastructure1) to match your Project name(Infrastructure).
That's it, and you will get rid of the message that Project can't be named with the same name as the folder.
I am working on a solution that contains 30 cs projects. I am focusing on only 1 project so I preferred to open only this specific project.
Once opening this specific project, it loads the entire solution wiht all the others 29 projects.
Is there a way to open only this specific csproj?
The following structure can be used to get the desired behaviour:
Create a new Visual Studio solution
Delete the created default project
Add an existing project to the solution
Set the project as startup project (for re-build etc...)
You are now ready to go
You can do this in minutes and it's quite simple. Each sln file contains a number of projects that are written in this form :
Project(...) = "name.of.the.project", "{unique identifier of the project}"
and below that are the configurations for that project.
So you can write a javascript file to copy your original sln into each project folder found in that sln. After that iterate through each project folder and for each sln remove other projects. The javascript file can be runned using a .bat or cmd.
In this way you can assure that each project of your solution has inside his folder a new solution that contains that project.
We have a solution at work which has hundreds of projects.
So what we have done is have a Main.sln which contains everything. Then were have broken up the rest of the projects into different smaller solutions where they are grouped by relevance.
ie. All the database projects are in one solution, UI projects in another etc.
I have a folder with many .csproj files. I have many folders like this.
I have a big solution with all my projects in it, but most of the time i just want to compile all the projects in one of the folders.
Is there a tool that I can use to let's say right click on the folder-->"Compile all"?
Did You try Building the Solution that contains all the projects?
Either:
Select all of the projects in the solution explorer that you want to build, right click and select "Build Selection"
or
Add a/several build configuration(s) that only builds the projects that you are interested in
or
Create a new solution file with the projects that are grouped, which will only build those (the solution file can exist in the same location as the current one)
I have some library files needed for my application to work.
My application has a setup and deployment included.
I already know that in order for a library file to be added to the output directory of the application when installing, I just have to reference those libraries inside the .NET IDE before building... the only problem is that these libraries can't be referenced... So I need to be able to copy these libraries to the installation directory of my application... At the moment, I am copying these libraries manually...
Addendum
I also did try to add these library files as an Existing Item to my project and marked each library files' Copy to Output Directory to Copy if newer on their properties but still not getting the solution I want.
Update 1
Thanks for you help guys it helped me solve my problem, I managed to make the solutions you posted work except for one... #Matthew Watson's post.. I even managed to find a solution too so I wanted to share it with you also.
Heres what I did:
I opened the setup and deployment project in my application.
Under the Application Folder Tree, on it's right side, I right clicked..
then clicked Add..
then clicked File
and then browsed for the files I wanted to add to the installation directory
and click open.
But out of curiosity...I am still trying to make what #Matthew Watson posted work...
Update 2
I forgot to update this post yesterday, I already manage to make Matthew Watson's solution worked yesterday. Thank you again for all your help guys.
You can add files to your project and select their properties: "Build Action" as "Content" and "Copy to output directory" as "Copy Always" or Copy if Newer (the latter is preferable because otherwise the project rebuilds fully every time you build it).
Then those files will be copied to your output folder.
This is better than using a post build step because Visual Studio will know that the files are part of the project. (That affects things like ClickOnce applications which need to know what files to add to the clickonce data.)
You will also be more easily able to see which files are in the project because they will be listed with the source code files rather than hidden in a post-build step. And also Source Control can be used with them more easily.
Once you have added "Content" files to your project, you will be able to add them to a Visual Studio 2010 Setup and Deployment project as follows:
Go into your Setup project and add to your "Application Folder" output the Project Output called "Content Files". If you right-click the Content Files after adding them you can select "outputs" and see what it's going to copy.
Note that Setup and Deployment projects are NOT supported in Visual Studio 2012.
You can use Visual Studio Post Build Event - Copy to Relative Directory Location. Which are basically scripts that are executed on build of specified project.
So you can use it to copy binaries you need, before actually running your application.