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Drake
Drake

Reputation: 8392

How to define a relative path for 'Start external program' in VS 2010 project?

I know that here there is a similar question but I would like, if possible, to be able to define a relative path for 'Start External Program' or any workaround that do not constrain me to add a complete new empty project to my solution.

I am using VB.NET in Visual Studio 2010 environment developing WinForms apps.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 6280

Answers (3)

Rick Sladkey
Rick Sladkey

Reputation: 34240

While you cannot use project macros like $(SolutionDir) or environment variables for "Start external program:", you can use relative paths as long as a path relative to the solution directory solves your problem. I just tested VS2010 and a VB.NET WinForms project and set "Start external program:" to:

  • ..\..\..\windows\system32\cmd.exe

and then Ctrl+F5 runs a command prompt. Adjust the number of .. elements to the folder depth of your project.

Upvotes: 3

James
James

Reputation: 1589

You can use project macros, such as $(ProjectDir) and define from there.

See this page

Upvotes: 3

ykatchou
ykatchou

Reputation: 3727

I don't know if it's possible. Maybe using environement variables likes %CD% but i'm not sure.

But, this settings is save into the csproj.user (or probably vbproj.user in your case), so each dev can have his own settings easily :).

Upvotes: 1

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