I have a bunch of property settings saved in an application (WinForms btw, I have never touched WPF) in a project, and I'm re-writing that project again due to messy coding. The problem is, there are around 50 settings (the settings which you can see from Project Properties and the Settings option) in that project and I don't know how to copy them to the new project. Is there a way to do this or will I have to add them all over again?
The settings are saved in two settings files (settings.settings and settings.designer.cs)
You can just copy these files to your new project and overwrite the empty ones with the ones from the previous project.
You might need to edit the files before copying them to make sure the namespace matches the namespace on the new project.
In the Solution Explorer open $MyPojectName\Properties\Settings.settings with XML Editor (use Open With... context menu option) and copy them where you want.
And if you want to override another project's settings file be ready to renew
root element's GeneratedClassNamespace attribute.
Go to the Properties directory of the project with the settings you want.
Copy the Settings.Designer.cs and Settings.settings files.
Go to the Properties directory of the new project and paste them.
Open the Settings.Designer.cs (I use notepad for this) and change the namespace to match your new project.
The settings should now be available in your new project. You can view them by clicking on the Settings.settings file in the Solution Explorer.
just copy the app.config file to destination project folder
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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 would like to have StyleCop rules apply on a specific namespace (all classes from this namespace are in the same folder).
My project structure looks like this:
Folder1
Class1.cs
Class2.cs
Settings.StyleCop (namespace settings)
Class3.cs
Class4.cs
Settings.StyleCop (general settings)
The general settings are correctly applied to all files (including the ones in the subfolder), but the namespace settings are completely ignored.
I haven't used StyleCop in a while, but I thought this was possible. Am I doing something wrong?
How can I make this work?
I don't think it's possible with Stylecop. I made some experiments and the rule file in the subfolder was always ignored.
I think it only works on a project level. I didn't go through the source code but placed a new C# file under the project without adding it to the project and it didn't analyze it which suggests it finds the code files by looking at the project file and ignoring any files just lying in that folder.
Also if you delete the Settings.Stylecop file under the project folder and select Stylecop Settings in Visual Studio it automatically creates a new Settings.Stylecop file even if you don't save the settings which also made me think it's highly coupled to the project file.
I'd suggest to move the contents of the Folder1 to a different class library and apply a different settings file to that project. You can merge settings with the other project and decide which rules apply to which project.
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 have a main project directory with the following contents:
SubDirectory (Directory)
Project.sln (Solution File)
When I try manually changing SubDirectory's name in my Windows explorer, I get errors when I open the solution file. How can I rename this directory without affecting my solution?
Thanks!
Rename it in Visual studio, or edit the .csproj/.sln file with a text editor and fix the refrences.
Open the solution file in a text editor and rename all references to the old folder.
Open up the .sln file in notepad. You'll see a line like this:
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "myproject", "myproject\myproject.csproj", "{DF81752F-37EE-4F4E-BC22-B09C8D05ED78}"
EndProject
If you want to rename the folder from myproject to newproject, you can change myproject\myproject.csproj to newproject\myproject.csproj (or whatever).
Change the name in SolutionExplorer.. it will work fine..
However it doesn't gurantee problem with Source Control or TFS you will need to resolve them manually
Your solution has the paths to your project files embedded in it, which includes the folder name. If you want to rename the folder, you have three options:
Close the solution. Rename the folder, then reopen the solution. The projects will show up as gray, and you'll need to click each one and locate the project file in the Properties window. Note that this may remove project references, but it may not. This is what I would suggest.
Open the solution and remove the project(s) within that directory. Note that this will remove any project references from any other projects that reference the project(s) that you're removing. Rename the folder, then add the project (and any project references) back.
Close the solution. Rename the folder, then open the .sln file in Notepad (or some other text editor) and fix the paths manually. This will preserve any project references.
When I have done it, I manually change it, then open the solution. You will get an error about not being able to find the project file, just choose to locate it, and it will re-map it. If you are using VSS, make sure everything is checked in first.
There are probably paths in project/solution related files that contain the old directory name. You'll either have to update those manually or find a way to rename the project from within Visual Studio.
This might help you rename the project:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3e92t91t%28v=VS.90%29.aspx
In Visual Studio solution explorer,
edit the project properties to change
the assembly name, namespaces etc.
etc. to what you want.
Rename the top
Project nodes in VS solution explorer.
Shut Visual Studio down.
Open Windows explorer and rename your
folders and .csproj files to what you
want.
With a text editor and NOT Visual
Studio, open up the
sln file,
the .csproj files and
anything else you've renamed.
do a
Find & Replace looking for the old project strings, filenames,
namespaces (if required - I suggest
you leave that bit for when all has
been transitioned) and replacing them
as required.
I'm suggesting you'll
need to be selective because I don't
know how you've named your projects
and .csproj files ;-)
Once you've done all that, quit your
text editor and try opening up your
.sln file again.
Do a Rebuild the first time to remove any artifacts from the old configuration/naming.
HTH
I don't see it in the .sln file, which is what I expected.
Which project is the "startup" project only has any relevance for debugging, which means it's user metadata from the point of the solution and the projects. Regardless of which project is the "startup" project, the compiled code is the same.
Because of this, the information is stored as a user setting in the Solution User Options file (solution.suo) which accompanies the Solution file (solution.sln). The .suo file "Records all of the options that you might associate with your solution so that each time you open it, it includes customizations that you have made" according to MSDN.
The .suo file is a binary file. If you want to read or change it programatically, you have to use IVsPersistSolutionOpts.LoadUserOptions from the Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop namespace.
It's in the Solutions User Options (.suo) file, which gets created next to the .sln file.
It seems that the first item in the solution's sln file is, by default, the startup project. So, you could manually edit the sln file to make your project the first project in the solution. Then, a user can override that by selecting a different project to be startup.