How to share source code files between projects?

[Magnus Bergh]

How should I share source code between different projects? In this case
it is one solution with multiple projects where some source files I want
to share (including the dataset classes).

I thought this would be easy, put the files in one directory and make a
link to each file, however this cause trouble in the designer,
especially with the dataset classes, if I link the dataset classes (XSD
and the designer generated files) as linked files forms that use the
dataset refuse to open in the designer.

Of course one solution would be to put the shared files in their own
assembly and compile them to DLLs and include them as references but
this is really not necessary. I only want the source files to reside in
one location.

There must be a simple solution for this that I am missing. haven't been
able to find anythign in the documentation hwo to do this.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

It *is* easy. Put the "shared files" in their own class library project, and
include that project in the solution that contains the other 2 projects.

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