reference and importing


What is the difference between adding REFERENCE and IMPORT statement in our project Can someone explain me.




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reference and importing

  • Larry Surat

    Hi kumar,

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  • Habbit

    hi,

    what i know about this , you cant use(using) without adding reference to the name space , there are some references will be added by default to your project the IDE will add those references as soon as you create your project you can use those namespaces.

    ok example system.Drawing reference is added by default to your windows application but not added to your console applications . so you can use System.Drawing in windows application but you can't in console application unless you add reference to that name space first then you can use it

    in your solution explorer you will find a reference folder that contain all the referenced name spaces in your project if you want to use more you have to add references to them first

    the previous explanation is not accurate, to be accurate those name spaces deliverd in Dll files  the Dll file may contain more than one name space if you add referenct to the dll you can use all of its name spaces

    hope this helps



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