Solutions, User Interface Elements
A solution contains projects, their items, and optionally, project-independent files of two types: solution items and miscellaneous files. Solutions allow you to centrally organize all of the projects and files needed to design, develop, and deploy an application or component. To learn more about solutions and projects, see Introduction to Solutions, Projects, and Items. The following table includes pointers to and descriptions of solution-related user interface elements.
| Dialog Box | Description |
|---|---|
| Solution Explorer | Describes the relationships between the parts of Solution Explorer. |
| Add New Project Dialog Box | Used to add new projects to your application, using a wide variety of projects. |
| Add Existing Project Dialog Box | Used to help you manage the process of adding existing projects to your solution. |
| Add New Solution Item Dialog Box | Used to choose a file type and add a stand-alone item to the current solution. |
| Add Existing Solution Item Dialog Box | Describes user interface elements and provides links to topics that discuss why you might want to add existing solution items, how to add them, and how they relate to projects. |
| Open Solution Dialog Box | Provides in-depth documentation for the features and functionality of the Open Solution dialog box. It also gives you links to more conceptually oriented topics that describe solutions in greater detail. |
| Startup Project, Common Properties, Solution Property Pages Dialog Box | Outlines the key user interface features of the Solution Property Page: Startup Project. This topic describes how to access the page and points to related conceptual topics. |
| Configuration Manager Dialog Box | In-depth information about the dialog box that allows you to select which projects to build or deploy with your solution and change each project's configuration and platform. |
| New Solution Configuration Dialog Box | Describes the features of this dialog box, as well as under what conditions you might use them. |
See Also
Introduction to Solutions, Projects, and Items | Solutions as Containers