I have an application in C# where I have to select a file and process it. I use Visual Studio's Publish option to generate a Click Once application . But if I want to bundle the file along with the application and set it as default instead of Open File dialog, where should I place the file? The file is an Excel file
first create a folder to hold your custom files in the project,put your excel file inside that folder using add as link in the dialog box.Mark all files as Copy if newer (Copy to output directory property)and just make sure your build action is content.
Thats it..
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I'm new to c# and I only know the basics of it. I have some data in json file and I want it to be added to my visual studio without specifying the path of it (so other people don't need to change file location when they get my program). After building the project I want the file to be automatically in the project folder somehow.
Including file in the project and moving it to the output dir automatically are different actions.
To add an existing file to project, right click your project and select "Add Existing Item". Then open file properties (right click the file => properties) and set Copy to Output Directory to Copy Always
I am trying to deploy my first WPF, C# application to many desktops. For most records in the case database there is a large PDF which I want to store separate from the database and is displayed when a button is pressed (PDF filename equals the id number). It is a search only program, no data is being saved back to the database by users. There are approximately 32,000 pdfs and this number will grow. When I tried to list these files in the project and use ClickOnce to Deploy VS said I had exceeded the maximum manifest size.
Is there a way to deploy my app with ClickOnce and then copy the files with some type of post-install command? Thank you.
Add the files to your project. Mark the Build Action as Content and the Copy to local directory to Always. Then it will include the files with your deployment.
You can also check the Application Files dialog to see if they are there. And if the files have a file extension of XML or something that indicates data, you want to change the option from Include(Data) to Include or Include(Required). If you include a file as data, it is put in the DataDirectory after deployment.
Select a data file in Solution Explorer.
In the Properties window, change the Build Action property to the Content value
2. To mark files as data files
With a project selected in Solution Explorer, on the Project menu, click Properties.
Click the Publish tab.
Click the Application Files button to open the Application Files dialog box.
In the Application Files dialog box, select the file that you wish to mark as data.
In the Publish Status field, select Data File from the drop-down list.
3. To mark files as prerequisites
With a project selected in Solution Explorer, on the Project menu, click Properties.
Click the Publish tab.
Click the Application Files button to open the Application Files dialog box.
In the Application Files dialog box, select the application assembly (.dll file) that you wish to mark as a prerequisite. Note that your application must have a reference to the application assembly in order for it to appear in the list.
In the Publish Status field, select Prerequisite from the drop-down list.
Source: MSDN - How to: Specify Which Files Are Published by ClickOnce
I am creating an installer for my C# application, and I want to put a link to the configuration file into the start menu, so that users can open it for editing in notepad from the program folder in the start menu.
I seem not to be able to put a link to it however - does anyone know how to do this? (Really, I would just love to put "[targetdir]\myapp.exe.config but VS doesn't let me edit the field, only select from a file browser).
Many thanks,
Rob
I found the solution and it's pretty easy:
Add Project Output for your project in the setup project
Select Project Output from File System in left pane and go to the properties of the project output. Then add a filter *.config to remove the .config file from your project output.
Rename the app.config from your actual project to the output name that your App exe ([ProductName]) will have along with the config extension ofcourse.
Add the [ProductName].config to your setup project as a File.
Create a Shortcut to that file and add it in any setup folder desktop or program folder.
Voila.
You're all set.
Isn't the config file added in your installer? You should be able to select it when prompted for the shortcut target (the "Select Item in Project" dialog). Please note that in this prompt dialog you first need to browse to the folder which contains it (for example double-click "Application Folder").
If the config file is not added, you need to manually add it in "Application Folder". Only then you can create a shortcut to it.
Please note that Visual Studio doesn't support shortcuts to a specific file from a project output which generates multiple files. In this case you can try using a custom action which creates the shortcut through custom code.
I remember doing it in Vs2005 using as below:
File System Editor > Users Programs Menu
Add> Folder
Add file (Say Config file) point it to the its location
I would like to publish a project with a mp3 file in the application folder, so that I can use it when app is running. Is there some way to do it?
My current attempt is to click on the mp3 and drag it to the "Solution Explorer". When the program is published, the output folder does have a "play.mp3" file, but it is named "play.mp3.deploy", which turns it unusable
If this is a forms app then add the mp3 file to a resource file (resx) and access it that way.
If the app is a website you should be able to mark the file properties as Build Action = Content and Copy To Output Directory = Copy Always. This should then just get deployed in the same manner a js file would for example.
I want to embed a PDF file (which is basically have Product details, Release notes) and wants to open that file from menu bar. What would be the best approach. I need to use this file in installer also. So i'm looking for an approach in which file will be moved to BIN on compilation and from there installer can access that file.
IDEAS ...
Add the file to the project the builds the EXE (use Add existing file in visual studio). Then right click on the file in visual studio, go to properties, and verify that the build action is "Content" and the copy to output directory is "Always" or "If newer" (whichever suits you).
Then this file will always be copied to the same directory where the EXE resides and your application will be able to access it because it's always in the application's directory.
If the installer just takes the BIN directory then it will also be able to access it because the file will reside in the BIN directory.
Have fun!
Finally i did it in following way:
a. We've a folder which contains notes.pdf (used by installshield).
b. Created a pre build command to copy the pdf file from installshield folder to output directory.
c. use process.start("notes.pdf"); to open the file. As it would look in bin directory first for pdf file and we've already copied it there.
It worked for both Installer version and running application from code.