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.

In This Section

• Project References
  Describes the basic concepts of project references.

• Troubleshooting Broken References
  Describes the main causes of broken references and ways to fix them.

Related Sections

• How to: Add or Remove References in Visual Studio (Visual Basic)
  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
  Describes how to set the Copy Local property using the Project Designer.

See Also

Concepts

Introduction to the .NET Framework Class Library in Visual Studio