[p4] Visual Studio 2002, Web Project and Perforce

[Edward Nicholas]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for replying.

I've tried this with VS2002 but unfortunately it doesn't work - I've got a
feeling it will only work with 2003 and later!

Cheers

Ed

On 3/6/07, Elkins, Mark <MElkins at brocksolutions.com> wrote:
>
> We had some problems with this when we started using Perforce with
> VS.NET 2003.  The trick is to create a virtual directory pointing to the
> location of the web project file with the SAME name as the web project
> BEFORE you open the project in VS.NET for the first time.  When VS.NET
> opens the project for the first time it will find the virtual directory
> already created and pointing to the web project, so it will not try and
> create a new one.  This trick will also allow you to put web projects
> anywhere you want on you HDD, not just the wwwroot directory.
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com
> [mailto:perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com] On Behalf Of Edward Nicholas
> Sent: March 6, 2007 9:21 AM
> To: perforce-user at perforce.com
> Subject: [p4] Visual Studio 2002, Web Project and Perforce
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying (and failing) to retrieve a Visual Studio 2002 web project
> from
> Perforce using the method outlined in *
> http://www.perforce.com/perforce/technotes/note064.html*<http://www.perf
> orce.com/perforce/technotes/note064.html>.
> I have set my workspace up as described however when I get to step 4
> under
> "Opening Web projects from the depot" Visual Studio won't let me open
> the
> project under *http://localhost/projectname*
> <http://localhost/projectname>rather it forces me to use a different
> name, such as
> *http://localhost/projectname_1* <http://localhost/projectname_1>.
>
> Has anyone sucessfully got a Visual Studio Web Project to work with
> Perforce?
>
> Best regards
>
> Ed
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