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Programmatically add references to Visual Studio .NET

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How to programmatically add references to Visual Studio .NET.
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;

//
// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following 
// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
// associated with an assembly.
//
[assembly: AssemblyTitle("Reference Manager Test")]
[assembly: AssemblyDescription("Reference Manager Test for CodeProject")]
[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
[assembly: AssemblyCompany("EuclidLabs s.r.l.")]
[assembly: AssemblyProduct("Reference Manager Test")]
[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("")]
[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]		

//
// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
//
//      Major Version
//      Minor Version 
//      Build Number
//      Revision
//
// You can specify all the values or you can default the Revision and Build Numbers 
// by using the '*' as shown below:

[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]

//
// In order to sign your assembly you must specify a key to use. Refer to the 
// Microsoft .NET Framework documentation for more information on assembly signing.
//
// Use the attributes below to control which key is used for signing. 
//
// Notes: 
//   (*) If no key is specified, the assembly is not signed.
//   (*) KeyName refers to a key that has been installed in the Crypto Service
//       Provider (CSP) on your machine. KeyFile refers to a file which contains
//       a key.
//   (*) If the KeyFile and the KeyName values are both specified, the 
//       following processing occurs:
//       (1) If the KeyName can be found in the CSP, that key is used.
//       (2) If the KeyName does not exist and the KeyFile does exist, the key 
//           in the KeyFile is installed into the CSP and used.
//   (*) In order to create a KeyFile, you can use the sn.exe (Strong Name) utility.
//       When specifying the KeyFile, the location of the KeyFile should be
//       relative to the project output directory which is
//       %Project Directory%\obj\<configuration>. For example, if your KeyFile is
//       located in the project directory, you would specify the AssemblyKeyFile 
//       attribute as [assembly: AssemblyKeyFile("..\\..\\mykey.snk")]
//   (*) Delay Signing is an advanced option - see the Microsoft .NET Framework
//       documentation for more information on this.
//
[assembly: AssemblyDelaySign(false)]
[assembly: AssemblyKeyFile("")]
[assembly: AssemblyKeyName("")]

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Matteo Peluso is the co-founder of EuclidLabs, a company that produces reusable .NET components as well as full application for industry and education.

Matteo got his degree in electrical engineering at the university of Padua (Italy) on 2000, after spending several months at UCSD (University of California, San Diego) as a visiting researcher.
Between 2001 and 2003 he worked for Nidek Technologies as an R&D engineer and
Project Manager, focusing his attention to biomedical imaging.
After that he worked for Softmatic, and he was involved in the SimulEasy project,
a 3D simulation software for robotized metal sheet bending.
At the beginning of 2005 he left the nest to strike out on his own and build Euclid Labs, a development company
with offices in Asolo (Treviso, Italy).

His major projects are written in C++ and C#, but he has also worked with VisualBasic and Javascript;
his areas of work include image analysis and processing, robotics and 3D simulation.

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