I am developing a development C# Generator and I need to make a class, but I don't understand how I can make the .csproj files.
These are just text files.
cs proj is an msbuild file. And cs file is just a nomale code file.
The best thing to do is to use a sample .csproj and .cs file and use search and replace to put the correct values into it. This will get you started.
When you understand the theory you can move on to a better templating engine such as RAZOR or T4. And then onto the better techniques of generating assemblies at run time.
Create an empty solution and save it in a location. Then add a project to that solution and save the solution to a different place. Open these two solutions with a text editor and compare the files, so you can see how does the solution file change if you add a project to a solution. In the same way, if you want to add a project to that solution programatically just read the solution file using textreader edit the solution file text and write it back to the same solution file.
Hope it helps.
Try the following batch code, which requires the dotnet command to be available.
This generates your .cs program, .csproj file, bin folder and obj folder.
cd Projects
set /p user_in=Enter the new folder name:
dotnet new console -o "%user_in%"
cd "%user_in%"
dotnet restore
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I am converting multiple .IL files into .cs, Now I want to create a single c# project with these .cs files. And then i want a .dll file for this project.
I have already created a c# project. I created a folder "Application" into this project. Now I am moving all the .cs files into this folder. After compiling this c# project i am getting its .dll file into bin folder.
Is this steps correct?
I use the Nuget Package Costura.Fody for it.
It merges everything into the target .exe, but maybe as Class Project it merges everything into one DLL?
You should give it a try:
https://www.nuget.org/packages/Costura.Fody/
The steps are correct as long as the result satisfies the initial task.
What you described sounds legitimate. Now it's your turn to check if the dll works as intended.
I'm a little bit stuck. I've just checked out an open source project from google code for something and it's a nice little C# code base.
However there's no solution file or anything. I'm not really sure how to compile it from here on as I've always worked within a solution.
I can't seem to find a solution online and was just wondering if someone could tell me how to compile a number of .cs files together to run, or how to create a solution from them.
Create a new project. You will need to decide whether it should be a class library, console application, etc. depending on what the open source project is supposed to be.
Right-click on the project and select Add -> New Item.
From the file dialog, select all of the .cs files you wish to compile.
If the project is not a class library, then right-click on the project and select Properties. Go to the Application tab and specify which class contains the startup object.
Build the project and see if it works.
Contact the project maintainers and ask them to include a proper project file. Offer to send your .csproj file if it works.
It's also possible to compile manually on the command-line with the C# compiler, but this would be more difficult.
Create an empty solution and add those files to an empty project [Need to figure out project type though].
If you project have .csproj file then create empty solution and add this project to the solution using .csproj file.
If you have'nt .csproj file then you have to figure out the the type of the project and then add these file to the project to make the solution.
I have a console application that builds some default classes for me from a database. When the files are built, I want to be able to refresh my folders and see the new files in my class library.
However no matter what I do the files don't show up unless I go in and manually add existing files. Is there a way for VS2010 to look at the file folder and add in anything that is in that folder to the project? For example:
Folder > File1.cs, File2.cs, File3.cs, File4.cs
VS2010 sees
Folder > File1.cs
How can I make VS2010 show these new classes?
Your problem is that you will only see files that are included and referenced in your .csproj file. This is by and large a good thing because it gives you ultimate control over what is taken into account in the project or not. This is causing you a problem though, because the created files which are inserted into your project directory aren't being referenced. As you have mentioned you can include the files manually, but I understand that you wish this process to be automatic.
The best way to resovle this in my opinion is instead of having a project create the files, use design-time T4 templates. Design-time T4 templates are files which resemble pre-Razor ASP.NET views, which allow code generation within your project. You can access your database, format your classes and then output .cs files directly into your project without building it. This is extremely convenient becuase it lets you work on catching compile-time errors that may come up based on the output without having to do a complete build.
More information about using T4 can be found here.
And a good walkthrough can be found here.
Haven't tried this personally, but you should be able to do it using this..
First gain a reference to your project using your apps' solution, then with the Visual Studio automation framework (DTE):
ProjectItems p = Project.ProjectItems;
p.AddFromFile("File1.cs");
Taken from: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/envdte.projectitems.addfromfile.aspx
I would read further into it.
Select the project where you can find your file
On top of your solution explorer you can select "show all files"
Select your files and include
Adding them automatically can be done from another app or script by modifying your projects .csproj/vbproj file
<Compile Include="My Project\MyClass.vb" />
This must be done in the correct itemgroup.
I think this is not directly possible. You may write a template file (t4) in order to create you cs files and they will be added to project when the transformation file is run.
In order to run the transformation file after / before build, you may write a pre/post build event.
That will require you to create a VS add-in.. you can find an example here...
Okay so I have a console application that is building some default classes for me from a database.
Can't you let this application write all classes in one file, say Proxy.cs or Entities.cs. Then every time you regenerate the file and rebuild the project, you can access the new classes.
I am writing a short batch file to prepare a control library DLL with Examples project for deployment via sip file and have the following question.
Given a csproj file at known location and a DLL at known location, is it possible to programmatically update the csproj from the batch file (via third party command line exe, or other scripting) to add the new DLL?
My folder structure is
/Build
/SDK
/WPF
/4.0 : ControlLibrary.dll sits here
/Examples
/WPF
/4.0 : Examples.csproj sits here
Assuming the batch file is at the /Build level, is there any way to modify Examples.csproj to reference ControlLibrary.dll ?
Just to clarify, the reason why I have the structure like this is I wish to deploy an examples csproj to ship with my control library. Examples.csproj should reference the obfuscated control library under SDK/. Examples.csproj also exists on dev trunk (where it has been copied from) and in the development solution it references output of ControlLibrary.csproj on non obfuscated form.
Essentially what im creating here is a folder structure to zip up and ship the ControlLibrary plus examples, hence, the need to update the reference.
Update - Solved using Powershell
Please see this related question and answer on adding and removing references using Powershell
csproj files are XML files - you can easily write a command line application to manipulate these files (adding, removing nodes etc).
You can call such a command line application from your batch file.
You can find the schema for this file at:
%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\[framework version]\Microsoft.Build.xsd
As described in this SO answer.
I don't understand why you would need to modify the csproj file in your case. Just make sure the library reference in the csproj file is relative, i.e. ..\..\..\SDK\WPF\4.0\ControlLibrary.dll and it will keep working fine even if you move the complete folder hierarchy to a new location.
If you're trying to simplify adding the library to new projects though, take a look at NuGet. It's the best way for distributing and deploying libraries.
I wanted to know what part of the project I need to copy for my USB for example in order to get the source code of the project. Do I need to copy the whole folder? Or do I need only the .sln file? Or..?because I've tried to copy the .sln file and when I try to open it with the other computer, it says that it can't open it for some reason.
Thanks in advance.
You need the whole folder. Also, if you have third party references, you'll need those assemblies as well.
You need to copy the entire folder. The source code of a c# visual studio project is the .sln, .csproj, .cs, etc and also the external dependencies, dll:s, etc.
If you view the .sln file in a text editor you can see the references it has. The open up the project files (.csproj) listed in the .sln and see the files they reference.
You have to copy each file because there are many dependencies, like forms, windows, etc.
You need whole folder..
If you just need the source code, you could copy the whole folder. If you're looking for the code, look for the C# (.cs) files within the folder, and open them with notepad++ or something later on.
If you want the project, just copy the whole project folder over.