Copying Files into the Application Folder at Compile Time

Copying files into the application folder at compile time

You could do this with a post build event. Set the files to no action on compile, then in the macro copy the files to the directory you want.

Here's a post build Macro that I think will work by copying all files in a directory called Configuration to the root build folder:

copy $(ProjectDir)Configuration\* $(ProjectDir)$(OutDir)

How to force visual studio to copy some files during build time

Here is how it's done:

  1. Go to your solution explorer and open project properties
  2. Select "Build events" tab
  3. Enter post build command. You can also use Macros (not sure for VS2008. VS2010 already supports them)

Here is good resource for build events from where you can continue further:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/42x5kfw4(v=vs.80).aspx

How to include other files to the output directory in C# upon build?

You can add files to your project and select their properties: "Build Action" as "Content" and "Copy to output directory" as "Copy Always" or Copy if Newer (the latter is preferable because otherwise the project rebuilds fully every time you build it).

Then those files will be copied to your output folder.

This is better than using a post build step because Visual Studio will know that the files are part of the project. (That affects things like ClickOnce applications which need to know what files to add to the clickonce data.)

You will also be more easily able to see which files are in the project because they will be listed with the source code files rather than hidden in a post-build step. And also Source Control can be used with them more easily.

Once you have added "Content" files to your project, you will be able to add them to a Visual Studio 2010 Setup and Deployment project as follows:

Go into your Setup project and add to your "Application Folder" output the Project Output called "Content Files". If you right-click the Content Files after adding them you can select "outputs" and see what it's going to copy.

Note that Setup and Deployment projects are NOT supported in Visual Studio 2012.

Copying Visual Studio project file(s) to output directory during build

While I was searching the file’s Property Page for a build-action field, I had a thought: set the custom build step to copy the file (manually). This turned out to be easier than I thought. I had figured it would require using cmd or other external executable (xcopy, robocopy, etc.), but that is not necessary.

I set the Custom Build Step as follows:

Command Line : copy $(InputFileName) $(OutDir)
Description : Copying foobar...
Outputs : $(InputFileName)

Setting the outputs field (correctly) was critical in order to prevent VS from always thinking the project is out of date and requiring to be rebuilt (I’m not certain if it needs to be prefixed with $(OutDir)\).

It is reflected in the Output window as such:

Copying foobar...
1 file(s) copied.
Compiling resources...
Linking...

Visual Studio: How to Copy to Output Directory without copying the folder structure?

instead of <Content> use <ContentWithTargetPath> and specify target path, like this:

<ItemGroup>
<ContentWithTargetPath Include="lib\some_file.dat">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
<TargetPath>some_file.dat</TargetPath>
</ContentWithTargetPath>
<None Include="lib\some_file.dat" />
</ItemGroup>

Note that this entry may not be visible from Visual Studio (2012, 2015, 2017), but once manually added to the csproj, it will appear in Visual Studio. The target path will not be editable through the UI though.

Adding a <None> entry for the file will ensure that it still shows up in Visual Studio's UI.

Create pre build event to copy files to assets folder in Android application

Can you try this configuration:

gradle.projectsEvaluated {
preBuild.dependsOn(copyFiles)
}

update:
there are many commands the copy task can do for you. from the docs here are examples:

task anotherCopyTask(type: Copy) {
// Copy everything under src/main/webapp
from 'src/main/webapp'
// Copy a single file
from 'src/staging/index.html'
// Copy the output of a task
from copyTask
// Copy the output of a task using Task outputs explicitly.
from copyTaskWithPatterns.outputs
// Copy the contents of a Zip file
from zipTree('src/main/assets.zip')
// Determine the destination directory later
into { getDestDir() }

}

if you just want to copy from one source directory to another you can do this :

task copyFiles(type: Copy) {
from 'pathToMyAssets'
into 'AndroidStudioAssetsFolderPath'
}

UPDATE do this in your app's build.gradle at the very bottom:

task copyFiles(type: Copy) {
from 'Users/kostya/repo_amc_mobile_promo/Common/'
into 'Users/kostya/repo_amc_mobile_promo/Android/AMC_Mobile_Promo2/app/src/main/assets'
}

preBuild.dependsOn(copyFiles)

Copy folder in one Project to bin of another Project in same Solution

If it actually resides in the project (that is, the files are included in the .vcproj file); then you just need to set their "Copy to Output Directory" setting to "Copy if Newer" or "Copy Always". The directory structure will be maintained.

If you need to just create a directory, use MKDIR in a post-build event to create it.

If you need to copy an existing folder in, use xcopy in a post-build event to copy it over.

Copy files in Xcode project during post-build phase?

I had it figured out. Instead of adding them to through the Resource Tag, I defined then under Build Phases->Copy Files. The key is to set the Destination option to Wrapper, which indicates that the files/folders will be copied to the myApp.app folder level.



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