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[sonar87]

This is probably going to be a very stupid question as I've been away from coding for quite a while and am sure I'm missing something basic, but.. When working on a new project in Visual Studio I, as usual, started grouping some of my .cs files into folders to make the solution explorer more maneuverable. For one folder, I can access it in code like normal - foldername.filename.method. Every other folder, however, does not show up in the auto-correct when I type it's name, and it says that they don't exist in the current context. Does anyone have any clue what I'm missing or that could be wrong?

[taburetka]

As far as I know in C# putting source files in directories doesn't make a difference for their "visibility" in code, it's just for your convinience. But what does make a difference - is namespaces :)

[sonar87]

That was one of the first things I thought of, but I checked and all the namespaces match.

[taburetka]

sonar87 said:

For one folder, I can access it in code like normal - foldername.filename.method.

There is no need to call filenames also. If all namespaces are the same just "classname.method" must work everywhere.

[sonar87]

Well how it always worked before was calling the name of the folder I had everything in, then .classname.method Only now its acting like the folders aren't there.

[Momerath]

That's because the folders were part of the namespace the files were in. Now you say they aren't, so you don't need it.

If you create a project and call it 'Fred' it will have a namespace of 'Fred'. If you now create a folder in this project called 'MyFolder' and then create a file under that folder (all in the IDE, of course), it will have a namespace of 'Fred.MyFolder'. In the original file you'll have a 'using Fred' line, and you can use stuff from MyFolder by writing 'MyFolder.ClassName' or by adding a 'using Fred.MyFolder' and then you can just use the ClassName.

[sonar87]

Momerath said:

and you can use stuff from MyFolder by writing 'MyFolder.ClassName'

And, under the circumstances you've just stated this ^ is exactly what I'm trying to do, and it is not working.