apache on windows virtual directory config help

Question

I'm running Apache on Windows XP via Xampplite, and could use help configuring my virtual directory. Here's what I'm hoping to do on my dev box:

1. I want my source files to live outside of the xampp htdocs dir
2. on my local machine I can access the project at http://myproject
3. others on my local network can access the project at my.ip.address/myproject
4. keep localhost pointing to the xampp's htdocs folder so I can easily add other projects.

I've got 1 & 2 working by editing the windows hosts file, and adding a virtual directory in xampp's apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf file. I don't immediately see how to do 3 without messing up 4.

Answer 1

Figured it out: use Alias for #3, instead of VirtualHost, thus:

Alias /myproject "C:/path/to/my/project"
<Directory "C:/path/to/my/project">
  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews ExecCGI
  AllowOverride All
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
</Directory>