Question

i have a console application in vs2010 (C#) and in the project, i have a Folder added by me (right click on project.. add->folder) and i want that when i compile the application (debug or release), then the folder will be created (if not exists) in the debug or release directory.

Is that possible?

The console application is a daemon that access to a database and send emails with templates allocated in that folder.

I hope you can help me. Thanks!

Answer 1

I solve it, like this:
in the csproj:

<Target Name="AfterBuild">
    <MakeDir Directories="$(OutDir)EmailTemplates" Condition="!Exists('$(OutDir)EmailTemplates')" />
    <ItemGroup>
      <Templates Include="$(ProjectDir)EmailTemplates\*.*" />
    </ItemGroup>
    <Copy SourceFiles="@(Templates)" DestinationFolder="$(OutDir)EmailTemplates" />
  </Target>

Thank you for your help!