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Links to Files in VS2022
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Jeff Gaines
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I did ask this as part of another question some time ago but never got to the bottom of it so I will ask it specifically here.
I have just moved from VS2008 to VS2022, quite a jump especially as I moved from Win 8.1 to Win 10 at the same time. I am working through converting my projects to VS2022 and have an issue with linking to files.
I have a library of projects which contain common classes, controls etc. I usually link directly to the class file and NOT to a dll, mainly because it is much easier to debug and I usually find I need to change/add something.
If we take a control produced in VS2008 it will have 3 files:
JCustomMenuDropDown.cs
JCustomMenuDropDown.Designer.cs
JCustomMenuDropDown.resx
In VS2008 I would create a link to JCustomMenuDropDown.cs by right clicking in VS2008 and selecting Add -> Existing item and this would automatically link to all three files.
In VS2022 I do the same thing but it only links to the first file.
At the moment I am linking to all three files but it seems to cause duplication (I am hoping to attach a couple of screen shots) although it builds OK. I can't seem to add a screenshot but what is happening is VS2022 is showing a link to the same file more than once.
Is this new behaviour working as designed or is it a case of "Houston, I have a problem?".
Many thanks.
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Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,441 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff2022-08-11T06:41:00.333+00:00 Hi @Jeff Gaines ,
The behavior(adding this specific file as link) of only link to the first file is expected, though in specific project, automatically linking to all three files is better and more satisfied. I believe in VS 2008 all three files can be copied automatically, but in VS 2022, the situation is like what you see. I would recommend you raise a suggestion ticket or issue ticket on our Developer Community(with VS Product Team).
I am linking to all three files but it seems to cause duplication.
Please open
.csprojfile, and check if there are some settings for these linked files. Besides, to check further, I think the screenshots are needed. You can clickImagebutton to insert screenshots in your question/reply.
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