How to add a new project to an existing solution?

[anthonyrichards]

The VS2005 help guide to how to specify dependencies between two or more projects implies that all the projects are in the same solution.
However, the VS2005 help also states that
"When you create a new projectt, Microsoft Visual Studio* automatically creates a corresponding solution to contain it."

This implies that each new project is forced into its own solution and the help guide for how to specify dependencies will not therefore work, unless the new project can be forced into an existing solution.

How is this conundrum solvable?

[Xiaoping_D_Intel]

Just select the solution icon in "Solution Explorer" and right click to pop-up the menu, then go to "Add -> New Project ...".

[anthonyrichards]

Well, I would gladly do that if I was offered the option. However, all I see is the project icon (white "F" on blue background) which, when I right-click and select "Add" offers me the choice of "New Item", "Existing Item" or "New Folder" and the "New Items" in question are assumed to be Fortran source files, , header files (.fi), resource files(.rc), MIDL files (.idl) or text files (.txt). Se attached screenshot.

Also the properties window is pretty bare, with just a "Misc" entry giving the path to the project.

How can you tell the difference between a project and a project solution?

P.S. I have VS2005 Pro + SP1 with IVF Pro 11.1.054 installed.

[IanH]

Menu path Tools > Options, then under Projects and Solutions > General make sure "Always show solution" is selected.

[anthonyrichards]

Well, many thanks, IanH, that's really useful.

I wonder why it isn't the default?