Adding Existing Files To Project Externally Without Using VISUAL STUDIO 2008
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22-08-2019 - |
Question
My issue is copying *.cs files to my project using my own code generator program (like hibernate) So when my code generator program creates new .cs class I want it to be copied to project path and see it via VS2008 solution explorer.
(Note: Normally you can copy files to project folder but VS2008 doesn't see it since you didn't use VS2008 interface)
Thanks for your brilliant answers.
Solution
To add files to the project, you'll have to parse and modify the C# project (.csproj) file. You need to add tags for:
<ItemGroup>
<Content Include="MyNewFile.cs">
<SubType>Code</SubType>
</Content>
</ItemGroup>
See your existing .csproj file for more examples of files you can add.
OTHER TIPS
If you bust open the .vcproj file in notepad, you'll see something like this:
<Files>
<Filter
Name="Source Files"
Filter="cpp;c;cxx;def;odl;idl;hpj;bat;asm;asmx"
UniqueIdentifier="{4FC737F1-C7A5-4376-A066-2A32D752A2FF}"
>
<File
RelativePath=".\foo.cpp"
>
</File>
You need to use your favorite XML parsing API to add more elements.
EDIT:
For a .csproj, add more elements like this:
<Compile Include="foo.cs" />