Add reference to other C# projects in visual studio 2015

Question

I have a C# console application project in visual studio 2015. I have a project with name MyPrograms in this solution. There are some classes and a main test method in this project. I have another (C# Unit Test ) project in the same solution with name MyUnitTests .
I have set the target framework of MyPrograms to .Net Framework 4 Client Profile and .Net Framework 4.5 of MyUnitTests project. I have also added the reference of MyPrograms project in my MyUnitTests project.

Now I want to access class files of MyPrograms project in my MyUnitTests project. I am accessing class files of MyPrograms project with the using statements in the classes of MyUnitTests project. But I am unable to access those classes.

I have also tried it by changing various target frameworks of both the projects. I have tried different things as well as explained in the following links.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ez524kew.aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ez524kew(v=vs.110).aspx

Answer 1

The same problem was solved in my case by following these things. If your MyPrograms project is a console application, it will generate exe file but not dll file. In your MyUnitTests project, add reference of both .exe file and .vshost from path YourProject/bin/Debug/... Also try to change Platform to x64 from configuration manager and build your both projects. Also to Any CPU if previously was x64 and again build both the solutions.