Include a Folder in ClickOnce Application

Question

I\'ve created a Windows C# project and made it as ClickOnce Application(Publish feature in Project properties) for Installation. I want to Include a folder<

Answer 1

So Tom has explained how to add a file. You specifically say you would like to add a folder to your ClickOnce application once you publish it. Lets assume you have a folder sitting in the root of your solution named Dependencies which contains a folder Reports which contains all of your RPT files. Here is how you would make sure your deployed app contains all of the contents of the Dependencies folder:

1. Right click your project in Visual Studio and select "unload project".

2. Right click and select to edit the csproj file.

3. Before the closing tag add this:

   
   
   %(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)
false
   
   
   

4. That will add everything from the Dependencies folder into the project. We are using the \**\* syntax at the end of the Include and %(RecursiveDir) to ensure the Reports folder will be present in the published version as well as the report files. Having set false you won't see the items cluttering up the solution explorer.