How to determine the project type of an existing Visual Studio project?
Ok, so I have an existing C++ Visual Studio project (at my new position here as a Developer at LANDesk) and who knows who created it or when it was created. Anyway, I wanted to start a new project and use the same project type.
So how do I find out the project type.
In Visual Studio, I opened the ProjectName.vcproj file and found this information near the top:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<VisualStudioProject
ProjectType="Visual C++"
Version="9.00"
Name="MSICheckForPatch"
ProjectGUID="{0793FB88-8BED-4297-8615-9408EA2FBE74}"
Keyword="AtlProj"
TargetFrameworkVersion="196613"
>
<Platforms>
<Platform
Name="Win32"
/>
</Platforms>
...
So I noticed the Keyword was AtlProj, so that clued me in.
Looks like it was as easy as opening a text file and looking.
If there is a better or easier way, please comment and let me know.
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How to determine the project type of an existing Visual Studio project? | Rhyous
Rhyous,
Did you ever get an answer to this question? I am faced with a similar problem.
Thanks