How do I plan/manage a large project?

In Visual Basic, How can i merge more than 1 project in a new large project ?

• i have made 4 small projects, & i want to put them in a new large project, with 4 control buttons, each one open one project.

• Answer:

  Create a project which will be your container project. Then import each of the files you would like. I am not sure if you are doing .NET or version 6 but basically they are the same. Hopefully your other projects are very modular in design (as you should always strive for when programming). For whatever reason you can't directly import, you can simply cut and paste the needed forms and code into the other project. Remember that your project files are just files, so import what you need and then attach them up to the appropriate buttons in your container project. I always try to stay away from auto merging programs because more often than not they just screw up your nice clean code. Right click your solution/project panel and select "add existing item" or similar and then pull in the files you need. It should then be all relatively simple. Enjoy!