Visual Studio File Management

Solution Explorer:

• Solution explorer contains all your files in your website
• Right click on project name and you can:
• add new item
• add existing item
• add a new folder
• Add an ASP.Net folder
• Select Add new item
• Select web form for a new ASP.net page
  Notice all the other types of files available
  Name your new file
  Check or uncheck Place code in separate file
  This will either place the programming logic in a code behind or put it all in one file
  Click Add
  
  
  Add a new item from toolbar:
  • Select the drop down arrow on the toolbar shown
  
  Select Add new item or Add existing item
  
  
  Add Existing item
  This can be used to add images and other files created in another program
  
  Remove items from project:
  • Highlight it and delete on keyboard- erases the file
  • Right click file and select delete
  
  
  
  Exclude from Project:
  • Right click and exclude from project
  • This does not delete the actual file
  
  
  
  You can use the file again by right-clicking and selecting Include in Project
  
  
  
  
  
  Open a File in Code View or Design View:
  
  
  
  • right click file in solution explorer and select view code or select code view button
               
  
  You can also double click the file in the solution explorer to view it in design view
  
  Refresh Button
  
  
  
  
  Properties window:
  Setting project properties:
  • Select the project within solution explorer and properties show up in the properties panel
  • Right click on projects title and select properties
  
  
  
  
  
  Use this dialog box for advanced property settings of your web site project
  You can also set properties in the Properties Window while selecting the project name
  
  Code View
  • In code view you can access any class by the first dropdown
  • You can reference any method and events from the second dropdown
  
  
  
  ASP.Net 2.0 uses partial classes so you no longer have to include lines of generated code in all your files
  
  
  
  All code blocks have the ability to be collapsed and expanded:
  
  
  
  
  

  Select from MENU: Tools Options

  General
  
  • You can switch from a tabbed or MDI Window view
  
  
  
  Environment
  • Fonts and Colors
  • Can change size and fonts of code
  
  
  
  Text Editor
  • You can turn line numbering on or off
  
  
  
  Intellisense
  • While typing code Visual Studio will add a pop up box when you click the dot