I am sure many of you must be new to this property setting in Visual Studio 2005 Copy to Output Directory.

If you many a times write post build events/programs to just copy few files to the output directory then this new property is really handy for you.

This setting has been added to file’s properties. Select a file from the solution explorer and check out its properties in properties window.

Three possible values:

• Do not Copy (default value)
• Copy always
• Copy if newer

You can set it to “Copy always”, if you wish to copy that file to the Output Directory whenever the project is built.

This small setting saves a lot of headache. Isn’t it?

Happy coding.

-NKJ

NitiN Kumar Jain

Nitin works in an IT MNC professionally but blogs and owns NKJ Live. He is also the co-owner of a professional start-up ARGHAM BYTES

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