HOWTO: Insert Multiple Projects into a Workspace in VC 5.0

ID: Q177432

The information in this article applies to:

The Development Environment, included with:
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, versions 5.0, 6.0

SUMMARY

This article describes how to insert multiple projects into a single workspace in Microsoft Visual C++ version 5.0.

MORE INFORMATION

To insert a single project into a workspace, from the Project menu, select "Insert Project into Workspace". Then select the project you wish to insert into the workspace. This method can be tedious if you have a large number of projects to insert. The following steps can help streamline this process.

Use the Microsoft Windows Explorer to find all files with a .DSP extension. This list contains the entire list of your Visual C++ 5.0 projects. Select a parent folder (this could be the root of a drive) and from the Tools menu, select Find, then "Files or Folders." The Find dialog box with the proper drive and folder selected is displayed. In the "Named" field, type [ASCII 147]*.DSP.[ASCII 148] Click the "Find Now" button.

Press SHIFT+click and CTRL+click to select the projects you wish to insert.

Drag and drop this list of files into Microsoft Developer Studio. If Developer Studio is minimized, while you are dragging the list, hold the mouse cursor over the button for Developer Studio on the System Tray and wait for Developer Studio to be activated. Then drop the list in Developer Studio.

At this point, you are prompted once for each project if an associated .DSW (workspace) file is found for the .DSP (project) file. If you are prompted whether to open the .DSW file instead of the .DSP file, click OK.

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Keywords          : kbide kbVC500 kbVC600 kbGrpDSTools 
Version           : WINNT:5.0, 6.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: July 22, 1999