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How do I create a solution for an existing C project in Visual Studio?
I have an existing program (the SM64 decompilation) that was written in C and is built using a makefile. I have this program opened in Visual Studio 2022 as a folder. Currently when I want to make a ...
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How to check which project is unloaded in Visual Studio
I have 350 projects in my solution. The projects are grouped under Solution level folders. While experimenting on few things I unloaded few of the projects (right click on project and Unload Project). ...
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Visual Studio C++: copy projects and solutions from one pc to another (github not working)
Visual Studio C++: copy projects and solutions from one pc to another (github not working):
Can I just copy these files to another pc? Or will I mess things up (e.g. in github)? On the destination pc, ...
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API to manipulate VS solution and project files (DOM) [closed]
I am working in a code generation scenario where an entire solution is generated including projects, folders, *.cs files, the works.
Currently, I generate all the files programmatically as text files ...
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Visual Studio 2022 Community edition missing afxres.h
I'm attempting to compile an old VS project from 2010 that includes just C files. The VS Studio 2022 community edition I have had to first convert the project files which it did but with a few ...
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Use Case configuration does not exist for Tax Type: , and Case ID : {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} how to resolbe this error
i have field in purchase invoice which name is TDS section code when we click on it its gives me error like this
Use Case configuration does not exist for Tax Type: , and Case ID : {00000000-0000-0000-...
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Including a Linux library in VS solution so that it's copied correctly
I have a .NET C# solution, developed on Windows but intended for deployment on a Linux machine. It comprises several projects: "lanucher" project, UI project (Blazor) Lib project, and "...
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Visual Studio project template contained in, and limited to, specific solution
I have a solution where certain rules needs to be applied to certain projects. This makes it perfect to be "templatized". However, I only want the template to be available to this specific ...
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Visual Studio Code gives error EISDIR illegal operation on a directory, read
For some reason it can't even open solution it used to open. Even if i try to create and open a solution it just give me the same EISDIR error after creating a solution. I'm using vscode-solution-...
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Class disappears when switching from "Release" to "Debug"
I'm using Visual Studio 2022 (Version 17.9.2) to write some C# (.Net 8.0) Code. I have a Solution with multiple projects, and most of it works fine. However, I have a class "PreProcessor" in ...
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Is there a way to add bulk of files to a Visual Studio C++ project?
I need to add many source files to a new Visual Studio C++ project.
Probably around 3k+ files, distributed between several nested folders.
I am using Visual Studio 2022.
I tried to drag and drop the ...
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How to suppress MSBuild warning when external EXE project defined in sln file cannot be found
I have a Visual Studio solution file for a plugin DLL that works just fine when I build locally via VS. It contains a "project" that is a reference to the executable I need to use as my VS ...
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Where does PDF/Office documents generation fits into clean/onion architecture
I need to add docx/excel reports into following solution
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Where does my document generation fit?
Solution description
Presentation references Application
Application references Domain
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Visual Studio Changing Project Paths to Invalid Values
We have multiple developers running Visual Studio 2022 that occasionally run into an issue where the solution file project references are changed to an invalid path by removing the first character. It ...
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How do I see VS solution structure?
I am returning to a Xamarin.Forms project, and when I open it in Visual Studio for Mac:
all I see in the solution explorer is:
which shows none of the files in each project nor any dependencies.
How ...
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Incompatible and unloaded projects in a Visual Studio Solution File (.sln)
I'm trying to open a solution file in visual studio 2022.
When I'm opening the solution, I'm getting incompatible and unloaded on two of its projects.
my solution explorer
As far as I can tell, what I'...
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Nest folder in Solution Explorer
I was looking for the ability to nest a folder in solution explorer directly by code, and I found the function AddFromDirectory to achieve the result (I don't want to deal too much with xml parser).
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VS2022 just creates empty Solution [duplicate]
I just installed V2022 from the Online installer (community) and when I try creating a project in C# winform using.net6 I get nothing! No project No form,no debug and I can not add anything to it
try ...
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Should I edit the solution generated by CMake? (Intended workflow with CMake on Windows)
Let's say I'm part of a team of developers working on an application.
The application "lives" on GitHub and we have decided to use CMake because people use different operating systems and ...
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Publish a VS2022 solution with 2 projects in it
I am doing my first VS solution that I would like to publish, but I am really confused.
I have a VS2022 solution with 2 projects in it. 1 project, STM32CubePrgAPI, is the project that has all the ...
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Project/Solution Level Code Snippets for Visual Studio
I'm able to create snippets for visual studio in my documents file. But I'd like some snippets to be distributed to the rest of my team via source control, so some way of including a snippet with a ...
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F# library that subclasses a class from a C# library
I want to convert the C# classes in my console app to F#, one at a time. With stunning help from Co-pilot, I got one class done. But I can’t build with it. So I made a tiny test solution, to ...
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Unknown source of ASP Net Identity code being added during build/run
I have an asp net core solution with identity which I thought I had removed the section of code that included these login page links: Forgot Password, Register as a New User, Resend Email Confirmation ...
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Visual Studio 2022 unable to create .editorconfig file
Using Visual Studio Community 2022, version 17.4.4.
I just created a WPF (.NET Framework) solution using the built in VS template. To this solution, I wanted to add a .editorconfig file to aid with ...
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Solution Explorer in Visual Studio 2022
I just installed Visual Studio 2022 professional, installation went perfectly without failures. However, when I try to create any project I get solution explorer like this ('Webapplication1' (0 ...
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How do i restore a solution file from folder view or sync them
How do I resolve a discrepancy between the files shown in my .NET Winforms Project's .sln file and the files in the folder view, where the folder view includes commits that are not reflected in the ....
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Visual Studio 2022 installation issue
After installing Visual Studio 2022 Community Version on Windows 10, it does not work. I cannot add a project to a solution. Please see the error information:
The project file cannot be opened. Unable ...
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Create symbolic link instead of coping the content to the output directory
Let's assume I've a Visual Studio solution with 50 C# projects.
Project 1 has a native DLL which gets loaded from Project 1.
All other projects depend on Project 1.
The native DLL has size of 200 MB ...
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C# Use classes in projects from Solution level
In this current Solution I will have ~10 projects (Console Applications) which will use the same functions from Helper classes. In the past I would just copy paste those folders in each project and ...
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Defining C# preprocessor directive at the Solution level [duplicate]
I have a question Based on This question
Is it possible in C# to define a preprocessor directive at the solution level rather than the project level.
Motivation: I have a common library, and there ...
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Missing .sln file in C# / vb.net apps?
I am working with source code (C# and vb.net apps). Many of the projects do not have a solution file (.sln file). I would like to know (which version of Visual Studio) these projects were coded/...
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How to relocate my solution (.sln) file to a different location
I need to relocate my solution file to the root folder, I tried to do it in Visual studio from File-> Save .sln As, but it doesn't let me to change the location. Appreciate any advise for this.
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Visual Studio Error : Unrecognized Guid format
I have a solution containing CSharp projects and Python projects in a specific folder.
I just added a Directory.Build.targets into the root of the folder as following:
<Project>
<...
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How to wrap common functions from different versions of the same dll, without code replication?
I have two versions A and B of the WinIDEA library. and they have the same name i.e. IConnectCSLib. There are some functions in these two versions which are similar, but some functions which are ...
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Can I set a solution-wide macro from VS a project property sheet?
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I need to find a way allow a new VS solution to "override" a build macro used by existing C++ projects, but only for that solution, without affecting the value of that macro ...
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Adding an existing Visual Studio 2022 Solution to a new Azure Git Repository
I'm getting really confused about the process. This is partly because I'm moving from SVN to Git, I think. I've created a Solution with 3 projects in. I've also created a new matching project in Azure ...
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How to force build-friendly root path convention in web site solution file
We're using VS 2019, working with a legacy "Web Site" project. The solution file created by using "File->Open->Web Site..." and then saved to the root of the folder structure ...
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MS CRM PCF Control Create Solution
I have a working PCF Control but cannot create the solution successfully:
I did
create folder and jump in => FINE
pac solution init -- ... => FINE
pac solution add-reference -- => FINE
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How to manually order libraries in a VisualStudio solution?
I have a VisualStudio 2022 solution with multiple libraries in it.
I'm using common application layers (DAL, Business, Presentation).
Right now this is what it looks like in the solution explorer.
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Visual Studio "Open a solution, folder, or other item"
As of recently, (probably as of Visual Studio 2022?) when I launch Visual Studio and use the "open repository" drop-down list at the bottom-right corner of the screen, Visual Studio does not ...
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Error: Visual Studio 2022 "The build must be stopped before the solution can be closed." Disable Bullid option after build
I have a problem with my Visual Studio 2022 and my Solution.
When I open my Visual Studio 2022, and Build the the entire solution my visual studio disable the button to build and show a message when ...
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C# programm can't find my workspace with MSBuildWorkspace
Hi I am trying to analyze my CsProj using Roslyn. I'm having issues finding my solution. This is my code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using ...
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Solution Layers architecture for big enterprises in visual studio
I need to get a very clear idea about how to divide my solution folders and projects in the visual studio.
this should serve as will the big enterprise solutions too.
I need to have an idea about ...
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Is there a way to prevent visual studio to remove a file or write ItemGroup with remove action?
I'm working on a project where I generate C# classes in a pre-build step using XSLT and XML to generate those. Those generated classes are included in one file, let's name it "MyClasses.cs" ...
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Where is it recorded which projects unloaded from a solution in Visual Studio Professional 2019
I have a solution with 6 projects loaded into Visual Studio 2019. It is a C# solution.
I unload a project, and go to the "Git Changes" tab expecting to see an unstaged change to a file ...
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VS code: tell omnisharp which project/solution to work on
I have a workspace with several unrelated folders in it. I don't get any C# code checks (errors marked red and such). I followed this and checked the output of the OmniSharp log which only contained ...
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How do i >install< a platform toolset for a visual studio project?
i'm trying to open up a C# project on my computer, but visual studio complained that the platform toolset was wrong, it wanted the v141 toolset (from VS2017, im using 2019).
I found many posts on here ...
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Using existing project in a new solution and git branches in Visual Studio
My question is what happens if I add an existing project to a Visual Studio 2019 solution which is also in a version control. What I know is that the original solution where project was created will ...
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Visual Studio: Set Project configuration 'Release' as default for new Solution configuration
I have a VS solution with Release and Debug Configuration. Each project in the solution has different settings for Release and Debug.
Now I have added a new solution configuration named '...
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In a Visual Studio 2022 C# Solution, is it possible to have a local project which is not included in the repository?
I am working on a C# solution which contains multiple projects.
I have one project I am just using as a scratch pad to test things out.
I don't want to include this in the repository as it is not for ...
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