[2008] Question about Resource File Location

[Wesley008]

Alright. I know in the Project Folder, theirs a Sub Folder called Resources

When I hit the Release Button to Compile the whole project, it creates a big resource file, which I am fine with, but it creates its in the obj\Release\ Folder when I want it to create all those files in the obj\Release\Data\Resources\ Folder.

How would I go about doing this?

[jmcilhinney]

Why exactly would you care where in the obj folder the resources are stored? The final output is in the bin folder, with the obj folder just being an intermediate step. In the final output the resources are compiled into your EXE or DLL so where they might be between source and output shouldn't really matter.

[Wesley008]

Isn't Build "Project Name" the button with two arrows pointing down do that? or is it when you go to the project settings then Publish ?

[Wesley008]

Edit: NEver Mind, just did a test publish and it looks good

[jmcilhinney]

For future reference, building is compiling your source files into the binary output, i.e. the EXE or DLL file. Publishing is taking that output and creating a ClickOnce installer, such that it can be automatically installed on other machines. The build process will first create intermediate output, which goes into the the obj folder, and then final output, which goes into the bin folder.