Error while creating event reciever in SharePoint 2010

Question

I am working on creating the event receiver in SharePoint 2010. When I create a new--> project--> event receiver, I choose the sandbox solution and hit ok.

I am getting the following error

"Cannot connect to the SharePoint site: http://servername/. Make sure that this is a valid URL and the SharePoint site is running on the local computer. If you moved this project to a new computer or if the URL of the SharePoint site has changed since you created the project, update the Site URL property of the project."

I get this error all the time when I create any SharePoint solution and deploy it. So usually I will just go inside the proj folder and change this 'projname.csproj.user' file's tag <SharePointSiteUrl>http://servername/</SharePointSiteUrl> to <SharePointSiteUrl>http://sitename/</SharePointSiteUrl> and from then on it works fine.

But this time for event receiver, I'm getting that error and when I look into the project folder its empty. I'm not sure how to work around this scenario.

Answer 1

make sure that when your go new -> project -> event receiver , then paste in your url for debugging http://site.com/sitetest/Home.aspx delete the "Home.aspx" or what ever it may be named, so it ends up as "http://site.com/sitetest/"... also, I'm sure that you have SharePoint installed on the machine, but make sure your permissions are correct.

Answer 2

Click on your project name in Solution Explorer window.

Then, select View -> Properties Window from the main menu.

Finally, change Site URL property: