VisualStudioTools

A simple Python Script that allows you to Convert basic projects to and from Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio 2022.

This is intended to work cross-platform, as such:

• Windows VS Code <-> Windows VS 2022
• Mac VS Code <-> Windows VS 2022
• Linux VS Code <-> Windows VS 2022

So all OS's can convert a VS 2022 Code project from Windows to a VS Code project for editing capabilities, and then back to a VS 2022 project to be ran on Windows.

Table of Contents

• Prerequisites
• Program Usage
• Example Project Conversion Scenario
  • Base file structure
  • Converted file structure
  • VS 2022 file structure
• Notable Resources

Prerequisites

All you need to run this program is:

• to have downloaded the latest zip of this repository (You may click (here) to auto-download from github)
• and at least Python 3.12 (earlier may work, but older versions are untested). You may find Python here (https://www.python.org/downloads/) or installed via homebrew or in the Microsoft Store.

Program Usage

Currently there is only two ways to use the program:

• python .\main.py [your project folder path here] to convert a project. Example usage: [python .\main.py 'c:\Users\You\Desktop\ImportantProject\]
• python .\main.py [project folder path here] [project type] where [project type] is either:
  • C++
  • C#

Example Project Conversion Scenario

Base file structure for C program:

• [Project Name]
  • main.c - main program, includes "utils.h"
  • utils.c - defines functions for "utils.h"
  • utils.h - function headers and includes for main and "utils.c"
  • inputs.dat - some input file to read from
  • output.txt - some output file to write to

Converted file structure for VS 2022

• [Project Name]
  • [Project Name]
    • main.c - main program, includes "utils.h"
    • utils.c - defines functions for "utils.h"
    • utils.h - function headers and includes for main and "utils.c"
    • inputs.dat - some input file to read from
    • output.txt - some output file to write to
    • [Project Name].vcxproj - Outlines project configurations and files to include
    • [Project Name].vcxproj.filters - Classifies files for Visual Studio to categorize files into, such as "Source Files", "Header Files", and "Resourse Files"
  • [Project Name].sln - Solution file for VS 2022 to read

Which then the file structure will look like this in Visual Studio 2022:

• Header Files
  • utils.h
• Resource Files
  • inputs.dat
  • output.txt
• Source Files
  • main.c
  • utils.c

Notable Resources

Below is a link to Visual Studio project GUIDS, for both myself's future reference, and your curiosity: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10802198/visual-studio-project-type-guids

Also below is a link to my colleague's version of my project, go check it out!! https://github.com/Huskiefusion/vs-sln-gen (Note: This repo may be private)