Source file '' could not be found - c#

I have some solution already created I need to work with, but I get these:
Warning 1 At least one file is missing the 'RelPath' attribute. SolutionName
Error 2 Source file '' could not be found C:\Users\me\Desktop\someDir\someDir\CSC SolutionName
I use VS Express 2013 for Desktop.
I get this error when I click rebuild solution
Why I get this error and how to fix it?

Create a backup of your project file.
In solution explorer, right click your project and unload it. Then right click again and "Edit project file".
There you can inspect your files. There should be a problem with one of them, like lacking a file name, or something different from the other files.
Remove the attributes regarding that file, save the project, right click, reload project.

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Visual Studio - Could not find type

Opening a example project. When I try to open the main form I get 6 errors. The main two say that VS could not find a type. I can see the file that defines the type in the tree but the file does not have a c# icon. Here is the icon of the file in question:
Why is VS not recognizing these c# files? How do I resolve this?
I have tried excluding from project and then including but that did not solve.
Right click the file, select "Include in Project". Then go to Properties, and make sure the Build Action is set to "Compile".

Visual Studio 2008: Added Project not showing up in Solution Explorer

SOLVED! For people who are having the same problem this is what i did:
I moved the project away from where Visual Studio though it would be. This forces you to create a new project file there. I did. Then i restarted the program and now my project was visible. I now just moved the original project-files into the now visible folder.
I added an project to my solution but it doesn't show up next to all the other imported projects.
And since it doesn't i'm unable to delete it and try again.
However it can be seen if i right click the solution and go to "Startup Project", "Project Dependencies" or "Debug Source File".
I have searched the web for a while now but have yet to find someone with a similar sutiation, how do i solve this?
I imagine that this is because the files don't exist. Have you created the project on a network drive somewhere? Have you renamed or moved the folder after adding it to the solution?
Check the paths are right, then double check. Also check your version control to ensure someone hasn't wiped out your changes and left the .sln file intact.
You can edit the .sln directly I suspect to double-check the exact path it's looking for. Verify that path exists too.
Make sure the project you added was created in the same version of Visual Studio too.

Error while publishing an ASP.NET application

There is a web app I'm trying to make publish in order to upload it by CuteFtp Pro.
I usually being doing this with no problem. But this time, I'm facing crazy error! Actually, as I right-click the solution and click to Publish using File System option choosing an appropriate path for that, finally I got an Error:
Error
Copying file Images\512px-Icon_-_upload_photo_2.svg.png to obj\Debug\Package\PackageTmp\Images\512px-Icon_-_upload_photo_2.svg.png failed.
Could not find file 'Images\512px-Icon_-_upload_photo_2.svg.png'.
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I really don't know and have no idea about this error since there is no file by the name of
512px-Icon_-_upload_photo_2.svg.png
In fact, I never had an image by that name through the project!! What could be the reason?
I'm really getting frustrated in challenging with that error.
Anybody could help me on this please?
Thank you so much
This basically happens whenever we delete the contents from the folder but forget to remove from Visual studio solutions.
To Resolve this follow below steps:-
Go to visual studio solution explorer and right click on the specific content
exclude(yellow marked files) from project.
right click and remove those files from visual studio solution explorer.
Hoping this will help you :)
Try removing the file from your project (right click and exclude).
search for the string name of file in all the files of the project. Remove the line and you are done.
Whats the best guess is that it must have been referenced in one of the CSS you are using especially if you are using Jquery or any of its plugin..
Do one thing exclude your obj folder from project.This is the best way for those kind of errors.
In your solution explorer there is one tab with tool tip "Show All Files".Click on it and it will show you all files.
There is one another way
Update: went into Project --> Package/Publish Settings, and clicked "Exclude generated debug symbols." The project began publishing with no issue.
one more solution for you
Are you seeing the file in the project? If so right click and tell it to remove the "ghost" file from the project. Once you do that I would try and publish again.
If its not showing the project, you might be able to create a fake file with the same name (just put some text in there so the size isn't 0kb) and in the same location as the other asp files. Make sure the "show hidden files is selected" and add it to the project and then promptly delete. This would essentially fix the corruption of VS thinking the file exist.
Hope it works.
Look into your solution and exclude this image file, but remember to click on Show All Files, and try to rebuild the solution.
Update 1
I ran yesterday with the same issue, it was an image not included in the project. Please go to Solution Explorer click on Show All Files and check 512px-Icon_-_upload_photo_2.svg.png image is included in the project or not, if it in gray color so it's not included in the project and if has a yellow icon please remove it from the project.

C# - Visual Studio project build

I have the following problem.
I made an application in C# (using Visual Studio 2010). Everything worked fine.
Then I had to make some changes in a "main.cs". Did those... all fine again.
Then I had to make other changes in same file. Did those... cleaned the solution built it. The problem is that when I run/debug/anything the application I get the same result as I did before I made the changes. I even tried to break the code (called a random function that didn't exist, used wrong syntax), but the result was the same "Build successful" and the old version.
Is there some kind of cacheing mechanism or something? How do I get rid of this problem?
I added prints for the "compile" solution... I can't find the build property.
Try deleting the bin and obj directories in the Visual Studio project directory. The obj directory contains the temporary files used to create the binary while the bin directory contains the binaries for that project. In addition, check if there are any warnings being shown when you build your solution.
I was able to reproduce the same error i.e. build successfully even though the file has not been compiled. The Build Action of the file had not been set to Compile.
The correct Build Action for a code file (main.cs) would be Compile.
According the updated question the file properties does not have the compile option
The reason for this is that the file (main.cs) has not been included in the project, but the "Show all files" button is "on" in the Solution Explorer. The file has not been included in the project (hence not compiled) and the file icon is greyed out in Solution Explorer.
To include this file in the project, right click on add existing item to the project (see following image). In the subsequent dialog select the file (main.cs) and click on the add button.
This should solve your problem.
In future, it is best to keep the "Show All Files" button as "off" to avoid confusion.
Is it possible you have selected the build and run last successful version? Check out my answer to something similar here. If the changes you made broke something and you had checked the boxes and hit yes to the dialog boxes in my answer below then that's most likely the issue.
Cannot see changes I make when I run my application in Visual Studio
Make a backup of your solution.
Delete the .cs files from within the solution explorer. If your program compiles and runs, than you are linked to source folders and not actually using the one in your solution.
I doubt this is it, but worth a try. The other things that came to mind you have already eliminated out with the previous answers.

How to edit .csproj file

When I am compiling my .csproj file using .NET Framework 4.0 MSBUILD.EXE file, I am getting an error: "lable01" not found in the current context of "website01.csproj".
Actually, I need to add every ASP.NET page with its code-behind file's reference. I've done it, it's working fine, but the above error is pending.
I hope it means that I need to add form name "LABLE01" in that .csproj file, but I do not know the syntax. Anybody please do provide me with the syntax to add form name in .csproj file.
The CSPROJ file, saved in XML format, stores all the references for your project including your compilation options. There is also an SLN file, which stores information about projects that make up your solution.
If you are using Visual Studio and you have the need to view or edit your CSPROJ file, while in Visual Studio, you can do so by following these simple steps:
Right-click on your project in solution explorer and select Unload Project
Right-click on the project (tagged as unavailable in solution explorer) and click "Edit yourproj.csproj". This will open up your CSPROJ file for editing.
After making the changes you want, save, and close the file. Right-click again on the node and choose Reload Project when done.
Since the question is not directly mentioning Visual Studio, I will post how to do this in JetBrains Rider.
From context menu
Right-click your project
Go to edit
Edit '{project-name.csproj}'
With shortcut
Select project
Press F4
You can right click the project file, select "Unload project" then you can open the file directly for editing by selecting "Edit project name.csproj".
You will have to load the project back after you have saved your changes in order for it to compile.
See How to: Unload and Reload Projects on MSDN.
Since project files are XML files, you can also simply edit them using any text editor that supports Unicode (notepad, notepad++ etc...)
However, I would be very reluctant to edit these files by hand - use the Solution explorer for this if at all possible. If you have errors and you know how to fix them manually, go ahead, but be aware that you can completely ruin the project file if you don't know exactly what you are doing.
There is an easier way so you don't have to unload the project. Just install this tool called EditProj in Visual Studio:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EdMunoz.EditProj
Then right click edit you will have a new menu item Edit Project File :)
in vs 2019 Version 16.8.2
right click on you project name
and click on "Edit Project File"
Here is my option to Edit the project file without the need to Unload the project:
Open Solution Explorer and switch to folder view:
Navigate to the Project which you want to edit inside the Solution folders and right-click on it.
Choose Open from the Context Menu.
That is it!
You will see the *.csproj file opened inside Visual Studio Editor.
After you can switch back to a Solution/Project view (see step 1).
Update:
Starting from the Visual Studio 2019 (v. 16) you can edit the *.csproj file by double-clicking on the Project, just make sure that you have the option turned On from the settings.
For JetBrains Rider:
First Option
Unload Project
Double click the unloaded project
Second option:
Click on the project
Press F4
That's it!
Sorry, most efficient way with out stuffing your proj file is.
right click the file.
goto properties
where Build Action option is set it to NONE.
Do a build (yes you may get build error if you do even better)
go back to properties of that file
set Build Action option is set it back to Compile.
rebuild.
Congratulate your self for being smarter than everyone else and not ****ing you project. For me this exercise took under 10 seconds. Where as manually trying to input the compile... line into the csproj not only can render your project unusable but it is also impossible to maintain on large scale application. Better to keep source version control software to do the updates. If you need to cross merge branches then doing the above is amazing :).
To open the .csproj file:
open the solution explorer
1
Click on the Edit Project File option
2
You can also open the .csproj by double-clicking on the project file. So no need to right click and select edit project file. Just double click and that is it.
It is a built-in option .Net core and .Net standard projects
For Visual Studio-version: 8.1.5,
Right click on the project folder.
Click "Tools", then "Edit File".
A little late to the conversation but I found a better option.
In rider you can enable "open project files with single click"
Just go to the solution options menu and then click in open project files with single click

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