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I am using Visual Studio 2013. I am trying to complete a msdn walkthrough... "Walkthrough Authoring a Composite Control with Visual Basic" at URL https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c316f119(v=vs.80).aspx. I am able to get through 90% of the walkthrough until I reach item 5 shown below.
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1.In Solution Explorer, right-click ctlClockLib, and then click Build.
2.On the File menu, point to Add, and then click New Project.
3.Add a new Windows Application project to the solution, and name it Test.

The Test project is added to Solution Explorer.

4.In Solution Explorer, right-click the Test project node, and then click Add Reference to display the Add Reference dialog box.
5.Click the tab labeled Projects. The project ctlClockLib will be listed under Project Name. Double-click ctlClockLib to add the reference to the test project.
6.In Solution Explorer, right-click Test, and then click Build.
7.In the Toolbox, expand the ctlClockLib Components node.
8.Double-click ctlAlarmClock to add an instance of ctlAlarmClock to your form.


There is no tab labeled "Projects" and there are no projects listed. What am I doing wrong?
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[no name] 25-Jun-15 19:03pm    
In VS2013 is called "solution" then "projects".
Member 10628309 26-Jun-15 0:25am    
Solution does appear and projects appears underneath but no projects are listed...it is blank.
Richard MacCutchan 26-Jun-15 4:48am    
Then you have done something wrong, and probably need to start again. Or you could use Windows Explorer to find where you saved your projects.
[no name] 26-Jun-15 7:24am    
Then you did something wrong. Read and follow directions carefully.

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Yes, I did something wrong, instead of adding a new project I started a new project. The key word is Add. However, there are several "errors" in the instructions if you are using VS2013. Starting with step 3. The wording should be Windows Forms Application not Windows Application. In step 4 it should read ...Click Add then select Reference... and click. This will display the Reference Manager dialog box, not the Add Reference dialog box. In step 5 it should read ...under Project Name check the check box and click OK, not double-click the name of the file. Step 7 is not needed. The remainder of the instructions are very accurate. Also the instructions prior to step 3. are very accurate.
 
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