C#•16mo ago

✅ .csproj – how to generate nodes dynamically by iterating over a string array ?

how can i generate xml code in the .csproj file? i dont want to repeat my actions 10000 times... so i got a list of strings i want to insert in some xml nodes:

    my-items = 
        Utils\**\*.*;
        Settings\**\*.*;
        Extensions\**\*.*;
        Components\**\*;
        Templates\**\*;
    
    foreach item in my-items
    do
    <ItemGroup>
        <None Include="@item">
          <Link>@item\%(RecursiveDir)/%(FileName)%(Extension)</Link>
          <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
        </None>
    </ItemGroup>
    end

    my-items = 
        Utils\**\*.*;
        Settings\**\*.*;
        Extensions\**\*.*;
        Components\**\*;
        Templates\**\*;
    
    foreach item in my-items
    do
    <ItemGroup>
        <None Include="@item">
          <Link>@item\%(RecursiveDir)/%(FileName)%(Extension)</Link>
          <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
        </None>
    </ItemGroup>
    end

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skyslide22OP•16mo ago

i want to include some folders of the project in the build folder, like Utils/<all files&folders in all subdirectories>

    <ItemGroup>
        <None Include="
            Utils\**\*.*;
            Settings\**\*.*;
            Extensions\**\*.*;
            Components\**\*;
            Templates\**\*;
            ">
          <Link>%(RecursiveDir)/%(FileName)%(Extension)</Link>
          <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
        </None>
    </ItemGroup>

    <ItemGroup>
        <None Include="
            Utils\**\*.*;
            Settings\**\*.*;
            Extensions\**\*.*;
            Components\**\*;
            Templates\**\*;
            ">
          <Link>%(RecursiveDir)/%(FileName)%(Extension)</Link>
          <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
        </None>
    </ItemGroup>

is actually doing what i want, but it puts the files/folders in the root of the project, i want to have them in their parent folder such as Utils, Settings chatgpt has done it...

    <ItemGroup>
        <None Include="
            Utils\**\*.*;
            Settings\**\*.*;
            Extensions\**\*.*;
            Components\**\*;
            Templates\**\*;
            ">
          <Link>@(NoneWithFolders->'%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')</Link>
          <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
        </None>
    </ItemGroup>

    <ItemGroup>
        <None Include="
            Utils\**\*.*;
            Settings\**\*.*;
            Extensions\**\*.*;
            Components\**\*;
            Templates\**\*;
            ">
          <Link>@(NoneWithFolders->'%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')</Link>
          <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
        </None>
    </ItemGroup>

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✅ .csproj – how to generate nodes dynamically by iterating over a string array ?