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Connect to Web Server Dialog Box

This dialog box allows you to populate the Open Project Dialog Box with the folder structure of a Web server, so that you can browse the server for Visual Studio projects stored there.

To display this dialog box, select Open from the File menu and choose Project/Solution. When the Open Project dialog box appears, click Open from Web Server.

Note

You can also enter a Web server address directly into the File name field of the Open Project dialog box.

To use this dialog to access a Web server, simply enter a valid URL (Uniform Resource Locator) address in its single text field and click OK.

Security noteSecurity Note:

When you open a Web file for editing in the integrated development environment (IDE), an instance of the file runs in a process of devenv.exe started by a trusted user, yourself. Opening certain files or components from the Web can execute code on your local machine.

  • Enter URL to Web Server
    Specifies the location of the Web server to be searched for project files. The value must be valid URL in the formats https://servername or https://servername.

See Also

Concepts

Introduction to Solutions, Projects, and Items

Other Resources

Connecting to Data with Server Explorer/Database Explorer