I’m using VisualSVN client and server and one of the requirements for web projects to work as expected is to have the .sln in the same directory (root) as the other files.
I thought it was as simple as removing all the extra parent paths ../ and other relative paths and saving it. However when I try to open it just locks up Visual Studio.
Is there a standard way to create this type of solution file or a solution file tool to help make sure it is valid? Or am I just missing something very obvious?
/ /MyWebsite.org.sln /Images /App_Data /default.aspx /default.aspx.cs So apparently the trick, at least the one I was seeking is that you must use ..\MyWebsite.org or whatever the folder that contains the website files.
[EDIT] What I learned and my final .sln file for this particular project:
Here is the final Solution file that allowed me to open the website and have the .sln in the root of the web folder.
Project('{E24C65DC-7377-472B-9ABA-BCSG3B73C61A}') = 'MyWebsite.org', '\', '{F8F4E96F-40BF-4374-B8BA-968D0SGG4A9E}' ProjectSection(WebsiteProperties) = preProject TargetFramework = '3.5' Debug.AspNetCompiler.VirtualPath = '/MyWebsite.org' Debug.AspNetCompiler.PhysicalPath = '..\MyWebsite.org\' Debug.AspNetCompiler.TargetPath = 'PrecompiledWeb\MyWebsite.org\' Debug.AspNetCompiler.Updateable = 'true' Debug.AspNetCompiler.ForceOverwrite = 'true' Debug.AspNetCompiler.FixedNames = 'false' Debug.AspNetCompiler.Debug = 'True' Release.AspNetCompiler.VirtualPath = '/MyWebsite.org' Release.AspNetCompiler.PhysicalPath = '..\MyWebsite.org\' Release.AspNetCompiler.TargetPath = 'PrecompiledWeb\MyWebsite.org\' Release.AspNetCompiler.Updateable = 'true' Release.AspNetCompiler.ForceOverwrite = 'true' Release.AspNetCompiler.FixedNames = 'false' Release.AspNetCompiler.Debug = 'False' VWDPort = '1603' VWDDynamicPort = 'false' VWDVirtualPath = '/' EndProjectSection EndProject
THe other option is when you create the project simply uncheck the default box for ‘create directory for solution’