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title: "What is the difference between adding reference in solution Explorer ?"  
description: "What is the difference between adding reference in solution Explorer ?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-05-23  
updated: 2020-09-19  
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category: "c#"  
tags: ["c#"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the difference between adding reference in solution Explorer ?

Adding reference in solution explorer is used to add the DLL for that project for reference only. If you want to utilize that DLL methods/functions in our aspx.cs/.cs file etc you must write using that nameclass library name in file.\

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

Adding reference in solution explorer is used to add the DLL for that project for reference only. If you want to utilize that DLL methods/functions in our aspx.cs/.cs file etc you must write using that nameclass library name in file.\


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