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Solution Explorer Problems

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Zachary Burns - 03 Nov 2005 17:05 GMT
Something must have changed from the way 2003 vs 2005 handles solutions and
I'm overlooking something.

I want to create a solution that has a couple of class libraries, and also a
web project in it but I can't see a way to add an existing project to a
solution.

Is the following expected behavior?

1.) File -> New Project -> Other Project Types -> Visual Studio Solutions
and give it a solution name 'TestSolution'.  Everything is fine, a solution
is created in the solution explorer and contains 0 projects.

2.) Now right click on that solution name in the solution explorer and click
Add->Existing project (choose and existing project for example
'test.csproj').  And now the solution explorer gets rid of my solution and
now just shows the project only.

How now do I show the solution and add more projects to the solution?

Zack
Zachary Burns - 03 Nov 2005 17:11 GMT
Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions->Place a check in 'Always Show Solution'

Don't like that default, hopefully this will help others.

Zack

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Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP] - 03 Nov 2005 18:30 GMT
Yes, it is a change to please the people that MS expects to switch finally
from VB6 to VB 2005, and that bothers existing VS.NET 2002/2003 users <g>

Even if the solution node is hidden, you can still use the main File, Add,
New Project menu.

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