Copy if Newer : Use this option when the intent is to ensure changes to a database or a file persist between builds. Unlike [Copy always], [Copy if Newer] will leave files untouched unless there is a change to the file. For example, adding a new field or changing the field type in a database table will trigger a onetime copy, the same for working with any file, make a change and there will be a onetime copy.
Do not Copy : As the option indicates, the file will not be copied. Note that changing from one of the other options will cause the file to be removed from the build folder. If the file in the build folder is needed then first, create a copy of the file before changing Copy to Output Directory to [Do not Copy].
The file name is customers. You could do this with a post build event. Set the files to no action on compile, then in the macro copy the files to the directory you want. Here's a post build Macro that I think will work by copying all files in a directory called Configuration to the root build folder:. You can also put the files or links into the root of the solution explorer and then set the files properties:.
For a link drag the file from the windows explorer into the solution explorer holding down the shift and control keys. You want to use a Post-Build event on your project. You can specify the output there and there are macro values for frequently used things like project path, item name, etc.
You can use the PostBuild event of the project. After the build is completed, you can run a DOS batch file and copy the desired files to your desired folder. I found this question searching for "copy files into the application folder at compile time". OP seems to have this sorted already, but if you don't:. In Visual Studio right-click the file, select properties, then change the option 'copy to output' to 'always'.
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Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. And have a look at this one then " Visual Studio: default build action for non-default file-types ". This turned out to be easier than I thought. I had figured it would require using cmd or other external executable xcopy , robocopy , etc. In case this helps anyone, I needed to copy the output dll of the project i was building into another project. Drawback - two items with similar name are in solution. How are we doing?
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Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. Copying Visual Studio project file s to output directory during build Ask Question. Asked 9 years, 7 months ago. Active 10 months ago. Viewed 90k times. Improve this question. Note This topic applies to Visual Studio on Windows. Note Additional build actions may be defined by for specific project types, so the list of build actions depends on the project type and values might appear that are not in this list. Submit and view feedback for This product This page.
View all page feedback. In this article. A non-source text file that's passed to the C or Visual Basic compiler as input. This build action is mainly used to provide inputs to analyzers that are referenced by a project to verify code quality. For more information, see Use additional files. The file that defines your application.
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