Users who work on a site with Visual InterDev should define their own projects; that is, they should not share projects in a single directory on a server. When the working files are shared on a server, all users should have their own working directories. Below is a sample directory structure for a server:
\Users \KenSpencer \Projects \WebABC \WebXYZ \WebNew \KenMiller \Projects \WebABC \WebXYZ \WebNew \NickEvans \Projects \WebABC \WebXYZ \WebOld
This sample structure supports Ken Spencer, Ken Miller, and Nick Evans; each person has his own working files for each Web project he is working on. Each person is working on WebABC and WebXYZ as well as other Web projects.
If a user is also working on Visual C++ or Visual J++ projects, each application can follow the same directory structure. Visual Studio remembers your working directory each time you save a workspace or a project. Simply save a workspace to a new directory, and the next time you save it, the workspace will default to that directory structure.
Working on an existing site is the same as creating a new project and then connecting to an existing site. The site is loaded into your project, which you can then work on. Create a new project using the New Web Project Wizard, and connect to an existing Web site. You now have a distributed project workspace on your computer pointing to the same site.