[IDE question] Aaargggh..I just want to see the path of the file!!

[Guest]

Visual Studio 2003/5 question...

I'm in the solution explorer, looking at a file. I want to find it's path.
The only way i know of doing this is to open it (with a double-click), then
mouse over the tab title.

This is should be really basic, but I don't know of any other way (simple or
complicated) of finding the path to a file.

And as for the solution file (.sln), I don't know of *any* way of finding
the path to it, after I've opened it in VS. This can be really annoying when
I'm trying to run two versions of my program side by side, and there's no
easy way to tell which is which.

Am I missing something?

TIA,

Javaman

 

[S.M. Altaf [MVP]]

Right click the file, click on Properties. You'll see the path there in "Full Path".



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Visual Studio 2003/5 question...

I'm in the solution explorer, looking at a file. I want to find it's path.
The only way i know of doing this is to open it (with a double-click), then
mouse over the tab title.

This is should be really basic, but I don't know of any other way (simple or
complicated) of finding the path to a file.

And as for the solution file (.sln), I don't know of *any* way of finding
the path to it, after I've opened it in VS. This can be really annoying when
I'm trying to run two versions of my program side by side, and there's no
easy way to tell which is which.

Am I missing something?

TIA,

Javaman

 

[Guest]

Thanks, but I've looked, and looked, and looked, in Properties, and I can't
see "Full Path" there.

Looking again... ahah! I've found it...

It's in a different Properties dialog which appears when I press F4. That's
the way it is on my machine, anyway.. One set of properties in
Right-Click->Properties, and the file properties on F4.

 

[Peter Kirk]

Visual Studio 2003/5 question...

I'm in the solution explorer, looking at a file. I want to find it's path.
The only way i know of doing this is to open it (with a double-click),
then
mouse over the tab title.

This is should be really basic, but I don't know of any other way (simple
or
complicated) of finding the path to a file.

Hmm. I have seen that in another post you write that you cannot see it by
right-clicking and choosing "properties". That is odd, because it works that
way on my system. The last property (under the title "Misc") is "Full path".
(It is greyed-out though...whatever that means).

And as for the solution file (.sln), I don't know of *any* way of finding
the path to it, after I've opened it in VS. This can be really annoying
when
I'm trying to run two versions of my program side by side, and there's no
easy way to tell which is which.

As far as I know, when you create the solution you are asked where it should
be placed - that's where the .sln file will be found. At least that's how it
appears to be on my system.