mickn66 Posted August 10, 2004 Posted August 10, 2004 What is the easiest way of working on one project with two different computers using Visual Studio.NET? I work on my projects at work and at home. Usually this means transferring the project files back and forth between the two computers. This gets to be a hassle and risks accidentally deleting files that I need (like for instance if I forget which computer has the most recent version of a certain file). Is there some way of automating the process? Is it possible to save the project on a website and have both computers access it via the web? Any other advice about working on one project with two computers would be appreciated :) :) Thanks! Quote
Denaes Posted August 10, 2004 Posted August 10, 2004 What is the easiest way of working on one project with two different computers using Visual Studio.NET? I work on my projects at work and at home. Usually this means transferring the project files back and forth between the two computers. This gets to be a hassle and risks accidentally deleting files that I need (like for instance if I forget which computer has the most recent version of a certain file). Is there some way of automating the process? Is it possible to save the project on a website and have both computers access it via the web? Any other advice about working on one project with two computers would be appreciated :) :) Thanks! Go to OfficeMax, WallMart, CompUSA or look online. Buy a JumpDrive. Its a USB harddrive that fits on your keychain. About 20 bucks for a small hard drive size... maybe 20-30 for 32-64mb. For under a hundred you can probobly get up to 512mb... maybe. Definately 256mb. Just keep your solution on this baby and when you go to open up your solution, just doubleclick on the .SLN file and it'll open up VS.Net with your solution. If your VS.net is storing paths (like output paths) in a literal (C:\myApp\Build) rather than a relational (\Build), then set up both computers to recognize your jump drive as the same drive... maybe S, T... X and Z normally sound the coolest, but some network applications in a workplace environment conflict. I think Novell and/or Computer Associates conflict. All I know is that I set some of my network drives to X, Y & Z and it wigged out some apps. You may even need your Admin's permission to add a hard drive (jump drive) to the computer. Best bet is to ask your boss for a personal laptop to do work at home and work. failing that, ask for a company laptop. failing that, they can't argue with the logic of spending 100 bucks for a jump drive. Heck, if you're lucky you might get a laptop out of it :) Quote
mickn66 Posted August 10, 2004 Author Posted August 10, 2004 Thanks for you suggestion Denaes - I suppose I could also save the project on my 20gig mp3 player. But I'm suprised VS doesn't have some convenient way of moving a project inbetween computers. Quote
Denaes Posted August 10, 2004 Posted August 10, 2004 Thanks for you suggestion Denaes - I suppose I could also save the project on my 20gig mp3 player. But I'm suprised VS doesn't have some convenient way of moving a project inbetween computers. I used my 10 gb MP3 player for such occasions... harder to loose than a memory key as well :D How would .Net facilitate you being on two machines? If you're networked there are utilities to check in and check out code. Otherwise you still have to get code from Machine A to Machine B and back again. Not anything VS can help with that... other than letting you run your project from the same location on both machines... the jump drive/mp3 player. Anything else is going to require copying and duplating files which could end up with you working on a version for 5 hours and 'misplacing it' or copying over it. I personally found my jump drive to be my ideal solution. There isn't a chance of deleting anything or copying the wrong thing, or anything. You never copy anything as it's always there. If you have a tight security work environment they might get more wigged about the mp3 player because those normally require drivers, the jump drives don't. (my Archos mp3 player requires drivers at least). Quote
Administrators PlausiblyDamp Posted August 10, 2004 Administrators Posted August 10, 2004 You could always use Visual Source Safe (not my personal choice) or some other form of Source Code Control. Up till recently my favorite has always been CVS (you can get the server part for free from (https://www.cvshome.org and an NT version from http://www.cvsnt.org with a good client from http://www.tortoisecvs.org/download.shtml) Recently though I've made the move to subversion (server from http://subversion.tigris.org/ with a good client available at http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/) Quote Posting Guidelines FAQ Post Formatting Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them. -- Albert Einstein
Ontani Posted August 10, 2004 Posted August 10, 2004 setup an ftp server like Bullet Proof FTP. send and recieve files from 1 computer 2 another and you can just enable that you can acces your whole hardisk. 1 minor problem the ip adresses if 1 of them is dynamic but at http://www.no-ip.com you can register and download a no-ip DNS program that make your ip-adress something like myname.no-ip.com what appears as your ip adres when the program is corrected set up Greetz Quote www.purevision.be :: www.devpoint.be
*Experts* Nerseus Posted August 11, 2004 *Experts* Posted August 11, 2004 If your work offers a VPN or *can* offer one, you could use that from home to connect to your work machine. -ner Quote "I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center." - Kurt Vonnegut
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