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Chris Gauthier
Courses Plus Student 6,434 PointsC# objects and visual studio
Hello, Im trying to code in visual studio 2015 the tower defence game in the C# objects course. I have 2 projects in VS2015. 1 project is the class library with the classes, and the 2nd project is a console app where I can create objects from the class libraries. For some reason, I can't see the classes from the console project. Would somebody here be able to tell me why that is? I can easily send you the solution in Visual Studio if you require.
2 Answers
Jon Mirow
9,864 PointsHi there!
Okay so if I've got this correct, you have 1 solution with two projects in it, each project has one .cs file in it, and you want to be able to call between a file in one project and a file in another project?
So long as that's it, you just right click on the project of the console app, hover over Add and click Reference. In the windows that pops up click on "Projects" and tick the project you want to be able to access - the library project.
This creates a one way link (the library class project can't see the console app project but the console app project can see the class library project) for the compiler to be able to find the files you're talking about. By default the compiler will only look inside the project, so you're just giving it a new path to look down.
After that, it's just a case of using them like normal - type the namespace of the class library followed by the class you want, or if you want all of them, add the namespace with a using to the top of any files that need them
Hope it helps :)
Chris Gauthier
Courses Plus Student 6,434 PointsHello, yeah that's exactly what I've tried and still I can see the class libraries from the console project. This might be a big ask, but if I sent you the solution, would you be able to show me my mistake?