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What's the difference between a Solution and a Project in .NET? FWIU,
a solution could contain more than one project, like a project group,
which may also be of different .NET languages. I need a confirmation
of my belief in the form of some commentary from the documentation or
some other URL or from you guys who know.
Nov 20 '05 #1
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What's the difference between a Solution and a Project in .NET? FWIU,
a solution could contain more than one project, like a project group,
which may also be of different .NET languages. I need a confirmation
of my belief in the form of some commentary from the documentation or
some other URL or from you guys who know.


Your perception is correct. A Solution is a container for one or more
projects, similar to a Project Group in VB 6. A Visual Studio .NET Solution
can contain projects of different types, using different .NET languages.

--
Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Nov 20 '05 #2
Thanks for the nice reply. I have now understood clearly.
Nov 20 '05 #3
The only annoying thing is that VS insists on Solutions (prompting you to
create one when you open up a single project)... even when you only have one
project. This is OK except this leads to some problems with SourceSafe and
"shared/linked" files and relative paths.... or maybe I'm just doing
something wrong. Never mind. :-)

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"Techno Learner" <te***********@ yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:83******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...
What's the difference between a Solution and a Project in .NET? FWIU,
a solution could contain more than one project, like a project group,
which may also be of different .NET languages. I need a confirmation
of my belief in the form of some commentary from the documentation or
some other URL or from you guys who know.
Your perception is correct. A Solution is a container for one or more
projects, similar to a Project Group in VB 6. A Visual Studio .NET

Solution can contain projects of different types, using different .NET languages.

--
Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
Jack of all trades, master of none.

Nov 20 '05 #4

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