Novice: Save As -- Off to a shaky start

[bole2cant]

I just received my free VB.NET package from MS, and can't figure out how to
Save As.

I loaded a sample program and made a bunch of changes to it and wanted to save
it without overwriting the original sample. The only place I could Save As was
the one place I didn't want to save it. Even with a different name it tells me
I have to save it in the original folder.

There must be a way to save a modified program without overwriting the
original. What's the correct procedure?

--
-Doug
(Hope you don't mind novice questions in this ng. I just have one program I
want to write, which has probably been written a thousand times but I want it
to be done the way I want it and to get the satisfaction of doing it my way.
Any advice on learning resources would be appreciated.)

 

[strchild]

Hi Doug,

I've been using VB.NET a little while and am unaware of the Save As
feature you're looking for. I like to do version control on my projects
though, in case I add bugs when working in them, so before I begin making
changes, I make a copy of the folder which contains the project in the same
location and just name it accordingly. Easiest way I know to keep multiple
versions of my projects handy. All you have to do to start working on your
project then is just double-click the *.vbproj file in the project's folder
and it will load up in VB.

~Brian

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I just received my free VB.NET package from MS, and can't figure out how to
Save As.

I loaded a sample program and made a bunch of changes to it and wanted to save
it without overwriting the original sample. The only place I could Save As was
the one place I didn't want to save it. Even with a different name it tells me
I have to save it in the original folder.

There must be a way to save a modified program without overwriting the
original. What's the correct procedure?

Backup the whole project folder before overwriting the files.