How are projects and solutions mapped to .NET assemblies?
In Visual Studio.NET, each project is compiled to a single assembly with references to the referenced assemblies and other code libraries. It is important to remember that up-till now Visual Studio.NET (2003) only supports single file assembly and not a multi-file assembly. It means that all the source code of a project is built to a single file representing the project’s assembly. Hence, if a solution contains five projects then when it (the solution) is built, it will emit five different assemblies each containing a single .dll or .exe file depending on the type of project selected.
A solution is a logical binding for the projects and it does not have any representation in the build files.
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