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prosseek
prosseek

Reputation: 191129

How to set Resource file path relative to the project file?

Let's say I have a directory A, and has a project file x.csproj and sln in that directory. I also have resource file x.resources in it.

How can I set the resource file without the absolute path C:\A\x.resources, but relative path .\x.resources? I tried with x.resources but it doesn't work.

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Upvotes: 4

Views: 9579

Answers (3)

paulie4
paulie4

Reputation: 502

NOTE: Visual Studio sometimes puts the <PropertyGroup> <Win32Resource> too early in the .csproj, so you would need to manually edit the XML and move the <PropertyGroup> after the <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" /> element so the reference will be relative to the .csproj file.

Upvotes: 0

jake
jake

Reputation: 1691

I realize that the asker was using .NET, but just as an FYI, for C++ projects you have to edit your VCXPROJ file, and the resources are stored in a slightly different format near the bottom of the file.

Original:

<ItemGroup>
    <Image Include="C:\projects\dragdroptree\DragDropView\res\bmp00001.bmp" />
    <Image Include="C:\projects\dragdroptree\DragDropView\res\toolbar1.bmp" />
</ItemGroup>

Modified:

<ItemGroup>        
    <Image Include="res\toolbar.bmp" />
    <Image Include="res\bmp00001.bmp" />
</ItemGroup>

Just to clarify, the paths you put in there are relative to the directory that the VCXPROJ file is in.

Upvotes: 1

AaronP
AaronP

Reputation: 196

Just ran into the same problem. My co-worker didn't even try to fix it in the UI but just hacked the CSPROJ file in a text editor:

CSPROJ Path: C:\foo\bar\SolutionNm\ProjectNm\ProjectNm.csproj

Res Path: C:\foo\bar\Icons.res

Original:

  <PropertyGroup>
    <Win32Resource>C:\foo\bar\Icons.res</Win32Resource>
  </PropertyGroup>

Modified:

  <PropertyGroup>
    <Win32Resource>..\..\Icons.res</Win32Resource>
  </PropertyGroup>

As long as you don't try to modify the value in the UI again, it won't complain

Cheers, Aaron

Upvotes: 6

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