Prevent Visual Studio 2008 from creating .xsc and .xss files when you try to open a .xsd file.

Question

I used xsd.exe to create a schema file for some XML. I want to include this schema file in my C # project in Visual Studio, but every time I add the .xsd file to my project and then double-click it to open it, Visual Studio creates these .xss and .xsc for of my .xsd file and it modifies my .xsd file. How can I make it stop the automatic execution of this and change my circuit?

Answer 1

After creating the XSD file, open it in Notepad and update the following:

msdata: IsDataSet = " false " (this is true)

When you import this file into Visual Studio, it should not create additional files.

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Answer 2

If you're OK, dealing with raw XML

Right-click XSD, select "Open With."
In the dialog box, select the XML editor and click Set as Default.