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John Tamplin
Hi,
- Background
In my VB6 days I would use sub-folders to organise my projects, keeping the files (.bas, .cls etc) in a sub-folder per project
Example
\vbsource\project01
\vbsource\project02
....
\vbsource\project99

In addition, general purpose code (shared between projects) would go in it's own sub-folder ...

\vbsource\general

- VB.Net problem
In the VB.Net explorer, it seems that ALL the code for any project has to be in one folder. That's fine for the code that is specific to a particular project (e.g. the code I previously put in the projectNN sub-folders) but apparently I have to keep multiple copies of the general purpose code, one copy per project. So, if I fix or upgrade the general purpose code, I have to copy it to each project.

To me, this seems so wasteful that I conclude I must be doing something wrong. Any suggestions?
Thanks
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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] (VIP)
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Click "Add Existing Item...", select the file, and then change the
dropdown button to reference the file only and keep it in its original
location.

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John Tamplin
Sorry Herfried, I don't get what you mean by "change the dropdown button to
reference the file only and keep it in its original location"

JT
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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] (VIP)
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"Project" -> "Add Existing Item..." -> Change the button labelled "Open"
to "Reference File" and press it.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
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John Tamplin
Apologies, I got it now. (Late night, insufficient coffee!)
Thanks for your help.
JT

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