Referencing Namespaces and Components
Project references are used to access the properties, methods, and events of a defined object and apply them to your programming. The following topics contain an overview of references in Visual Basic and Visual C# and give instructions on how to add, remove, and manage existing references.
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Project References
Describes the basic concepts of project references.Troubleshooting Broken References
Describes the main causes of broken references and ways to fix them.
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How to: Add or Remove References in Visual Studio
Describes how to add or remove references using the Project Designer.How to: Add or Remove Imported Namespaces (Visual Basic)
Describes how to add or remove imported namespaces using the Project Designer.How to: Remove Unused References (Visual Basic)
Describes how to remove unused references using the Project Designer.How to: Set the Copy Local Property of a Reference
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