[dba-VB] VB.Net - Using modules in other projects

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Oct 11 11:12:25 CDT 2007


Hmmm... If you "add existing" a file Find dialog opens.  At the bottom of
THAT is an ADD button which has a little drop down to the right of it.  If
you drop that down a "LINK option".  If you select "LINK" then it adds the
module as a link instead of importing it directly into the project. 


John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com 
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[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:58 AM
To: dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] VB.Net - Using modules in other projects

You're talking about two different things.  Open is a menu item under the
file menu.  That's what Doris was referring to, I think.

Charlotte Foust 

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[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 5:39 AM
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Subject: Re: [dba-VB] VB.Net - Using modules in other projects

Doris,

OK, I finally figured out how to do what you are talking about.  It is
actually the "ADD" button which threw me for awhile, I kept going back and
forth searching diligently for this "OPEN" button.

Anyway, that is handled.  So if I open a linked file, I am opening the
actual source out in the lib and if I edit it, the changes are stored in
that module in that lib?  

This works for me! 


John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com
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[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Doris Manning
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 10:51 AM
To: dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] VB.Net - Using modules in other projects

John,

When you add an existing item to a project and press the OPEN button, you
are actually importing the module from its existing location into the
project location.  

If you click on the small black arrow on the far right of the OPEN button,
you have a "Link file" choice.  Choosing this option adds the module to your
project but keeps it in its existing location.  Any projects that link to it
will instantly inherit the changes but will need to be rebuilt so the
executable picks up the changes.

Doris Manning
Database Administrator
Hargrove Inc.  

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[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 8:15 AM
To: dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [dba-VB] VB.Net - Using modules in other projects

I am developing modules that I need to use in various projects.  This
includes things like a status form with specific controls and code to
display status updates from operations, and base classes for making another
class serializable.  Stuff like that.  

I need to know what the process is for making such objects accessible to
other projects such that as I add capabilities and fix bugs, such
enhancements are available to all the other projects that use these things.
IOW, something similar to an MDA in Access.  I know that it is possible, I
just do not understand the mechanics of referencing the common objects.

Could someone give me a detailed "step by step" of how to do it, what to
click, select this menu item, click this etc. from inside of the referencing
project.  Or alternately a web article that discusses this stuff.

TIA,

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com 

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