I’ve updated my SolutionZipper source and installer to version 1.3 on CodeProject. Here are the changes:
- Fixed a bug that was causing SZ to fail during the “Handle external projects” phase.
- Ignore VC++ Intellisense Database files, i.e. *.ncb.
- Ignore hidden files and folders.
I originally wrote this last year as simply a convenience function. Even though I use a source code control system (Subversion) at work, I still need a quick way to snapshot and backup my personal projects at home.
I recently started a solution that included a C++ project and noticed some problems. First was that there was no need to backup the VC++ Intellisense database file. The second problem might be related to one of these:
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition – ENU Service Pack 1 (KB926601)
- Visual Studio 2005 extensions for .NET Framework 3.0 (WCF & WPF), November 2006 CTP
- Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions 1.0
I don’t know which one caused the problem, but after one of these was installed VS2005 had project list items that were not file system based — a project called <MiscFiles>? Anyway, this caused the search for external projects to fail.
There was a request to ignore Subversion (.svn) directories. This was a good idea so I just ignore all hidden directories and files. This also means that VS Solution User Option files (.suo) are not included in the zip file.
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Hi, do you have SolutionZipper for VS 2008? Thanks. Best regards. Petr
You can use the posted VS2005 version on VS2008 by following the instructions in the article comments here.