In Visual Studio, programs under development are typically called projects or solutions because they contain many individual components, not just one file. Visual Basic 2010 programs include a project file (.vbproj) and a solution file (.sln), and if you examine these files within a file browsing utility such as Windows Explorer, you’ll notice that the solution file icons have a tiny 10 in them, an indication of their version number. (Visual Basic 2010 is referred to as VB 10 internally.)
A project file contains information specific to a single programming task. A solution file contains information about one or more projects. Solution files are useful to manage multiple related projects. Opening the project file (.vbproj) has the same effect as opening the solution file (.sln). But for a multi-project solution, you will want to open the solution file. Visual Basic 2010 offers a new file format for its projects and solutions, but the basic terminology that you might have learned while using Visual Basic 2005 or 2008 still applies.
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