How to remove items from a solution you are exporting to…

Hi,

Trying to remove items from a solution I was exporting to I found a potential dangerous ambiguity as we have two buttons together which at first glance (and if you do not read tooltips) seems they do the same. But wait, they do not do the same. Just stop for only a couple of seconds and realize the difference:

Delete: This button actually deletes the item from all your system. It won’t be available any more and AFAIK there is no way to undo the action (except from recovering form a backup). If your solution item is, for instance, an entity which does not have dependencies, it could be completely deleted and you have lost all your work. Just, BE CAREFUL.

Remove: This button just removes the item from the solution (that probably you want to export). The item (i.e. an entity) will still be present in your system and can be added again lately if needed. This is usually what you will want to do if you are working on an entity that’s not ready to be distributed yet and hence you want to exclude it from your solution but conserve your work.

All of this apply for unmanaged solutions.

Hope you find this little clarification useful,

PP [twitter: @pabloperalta]