Visual Studio: Using external files (without copying them)
You can add a source code file to a project as a link.
To do so:
- Right-click project and select "Add -> Existing Item"
- Navigate to the file you want to add as a link, and select it.
- Look at the "Add" button at lower right of the "Add Existing Item" dialog. It has a little drop arrow. Click that drop arrow.
- Select "Add as link".
Follow the setps:
- Right click on the project go to Add
- Select Existing Item
- Select the file
- On the Add button click the drop down button and select "Add as a Link"