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  • davetelling
    #1

    "Cloning" a project

    I have been using VS-C# Express for a little bit, and I have a project that I
    want to "clone" so that I can make changes without affecting the original
    version. I would like to be able to make a new project, but keep the code &
    whatever else is necessary from the old project. When I tried this, I got a
    whole bunch of errors about not being able to find files & resources.
    Is there a simple way to do this? I am VERY much a noob, and am not terribly
    familiar with much of the terminology used on this forum, so please go easy
    on me!
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    • pigeonrandle
      #2
      Re: "Cloning&q uot; a project

      Dave,
      You should just be able to copy the folder the project is in and paste
      it back into the same folder you copied it from - the 'new' version
      will be called 'copy of ...'.
      Then you should be able to go into your copy folder and open the 'new'
      solution.

      HTH,
      James.

      davetelling wrote:
      I have been using VS-C# Express for a little bit, and I have a project that I
      want to "clone" so that I can make changes without affecting the original
      version. I would like to be able to make a new project, but keep the code &
      whatever else is necessary from the old project. When I tried this, I got a
      whole bunch of errors about not being able to find files & resources.
      Is there a simple way to do this? I am VERY much a noob, and am not terribly
      familiar with much of the terminology used on this forum, so please go easy
      on me!

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        • pigeonrandle
          #3
          Re: "Cloning&q uot; a project

          Dave,
          You should just be able to copy the folder the project is in and paste
          it back into the same folder you copied it from - the 'new' version
          will be called 'copy of ...'.
          Then you should be able to go into your copy folder and open the 'new'
          solution.

          HTH,
          James.

          davetelling wrote:
          I have been using VS-C# Express for a little bit, and I have a project that I
          want to "clone" so that I can make changes without affecting the original
          version. I would like to be able to make a new project, but keep the code &
          whatever else is necessary from the old project. When I tried this, I got a
          whole bunch of errors about not being able to find files & resources.
          Is there a simple way to do this? I am VERY much a noob, and am not terribly
          familiar with much of the terminology used on this forum, so please go easy
          on me!

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            • davetelling
              #4
              Re: "Cloning&q uot; a project

              James,
              I've tried that, and I get a bunch of error messages that seem to indicate
              that the editor/compiler is looking for files in the "old" folder. I have
              tried to go back and replace the references in my .cs files with the new
              folder name, but it seems that there are data "hidden" that cause the errors.
              I had hoped that there was some way of saving a project with a new name that
              would "clean up" these references, but it looks like that's not the case.
              I'll keep trying & see what happens.
              Thanks for the reply!

              "pigeonrand le" wrote:
              Dave,
              You should just be able to copy the folder the project is in and paste
              it back into the same folder you copied it from - the 'new' version
              will be called 'copy of ...'.
              Then you should be able to go into your copy folder and open the 'new'
              solution.
              >
              HTH,
              James.
              >
              davetelling wrote:
              I have been using VS-C# Express for a little bit, and I have a project that I
              want to "clone" so that I can make changes without affecting the original
              version. I would like to be able to make a new project, but keep the code &
              whatever else is necessary from the old project. When I tried this, I got a
              whole bunch of errors about not being able to find files & resources.
              Is there a simple way to do this? I am VERY much a noob, and am not terribly
              familiar with much of the terminology used on this forum, so please go easy
              on me!
              >
              >

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                • Ben Newsam
                  #5
                  Re: "Cloning&q uot; a project

                  On 31 Oct 2006 14:01:49 -0800, "pigeonrand le"
                  <pigeonrandle@h otmail.comwrote :
                  >You should just be able to copy the folder the project is in and paste
                  >it back into the same folder you copied it from - the 'new' version
                  >will be called 'copy of ...'.
                  >Then you should be able to go into your copy folder and open the 'new'
                  >solution.
                  How about being able to move the copied solution from one place to
                  another? I am sure that is something that almost everyone would need
                  to do at some time or another.

                  --
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                    • Jeroen
                      #6
                      Re: &quot;Cloning&q uot; a project

                      Don't know if this will solve any problems for you, but note that both
                      the solution file as well as the project userfile contain some paths.
                      You can either delete these files and create them from scratch, or hack
                      them with a text editor.

                      In any case, the 'cloning' thing can be done.

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                        • davetelling
                          #7
                          Re: &quot;Cloning&q uot; a project

                          I think that is the way I'll have to go. I can't see any other way to do it.
                          Thanks,
                          Dave T.

                          "Jeroen" wrote:
                          Don't know if this will solve any problems for you, but note that both
                          the solution file as well as the project userfile contain some paths.
                          You can either delete these files and create them from scratch, or hack
                          them with a text editor.
                          >
                          In any case, the 'cloning' thing can be done.
                          >
                          >

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