Why can't I reference my class library?

Question

I have a solution that contains a website and a class library in Visual Studio 2008.

I then have another web site project outside of the solution that needs to refe

Answer 1

Since they are both in the same solution, instead of adding a reference to the DLL, add a reference to the class library project itself (the Add Reference dialog will have a tab for this).

Ahh, it's a different solution. Missed that. How about you try instead of adding a reference to the project affffding a reference to the compiled DLL of your class library. The Add Reference dialog has a Browse tab which does this.