[RESOLVED] Code Bank Attachments

[EntityX]

In the thread about Code Bank attachments it says.

In an attempt to keep the CodeBank forum sections a safe and protected place within which to post and exchange useful pieces of programming code, compiled files will no longer be permitted in attachments.

That refers to the application files that are in the bin release and debug folders and the obj release and debug folders? If you take those application files out before you zip then you are ok?

I noticed that the thread for the hangman game has application files in all those 4 folders. It is ok to include the solution file and all the project files as long as there are no .exe files in there right. Once you open the solution the exe files are generated.

I've never posted any attachments in the Code Bank before and I am about to so I just wanted to check and be clear on this.

[danasegarane]

Yes, You can the source code files but not the compiled one.

[gep13]

Hello EntityX,

Dana is pretty much spot on. When you are preparing your zip file, just make sure that the bin and obj folder are not included. Everything else are "source" files, and after checking the source code, another user would then build the project in their copy of Visual Studio to create the exe.

Within your CodeBank submission, you might want to mention any dependencies that you use within the application, for example 3rd party assemblies like log4net, that you are not including in the zip file, that way they can go and get them and reference them in the project.

The only other thing to mention is the limit of how much you can upload to VB Forums. When your number of posts increase, to the point of becoming a power poster, you will get more attachment space to upload things to VB Forums, but as it stands you will not have that much space. As a result, if your application have lots of image files contained within it, or a large database etc, you might want to think about omitting them from your attachment, and hosting them elsewhere.

Gary

[EntityX]

Thanks Gary. I would have just taken out the .exe files but now I know.