# kirupa.com - Silverlight and WPF Tutorial: References and Using Directives, Page 3

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**Created:** [May 29, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-silverlight-and-wpf-tutorial-references-and-using-directives-page-3/643019 "2018-05-29T07:00:00Z")
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#### Post date: [May 29, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-silverlight-and-wpf-tutorial-references-and-using-directives-page-3/643019/1 "2018-05-29T07:00:00Z")

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;by kirupa&nbsp; |&nbsp; 20 July 2008

In the [previous page](https://www.kirupa.comadding_references_using_directives_pg2.htm), you applied the vague description of using directives and references by looking at a real example. While that should have given you some hands-on experience seeing these two topics in greater detail, there are some interesting tidbits that I did not cover, so let's do that on this page.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.kirupa.com/blend\_silverlight/adding\_references\_using\_directives\_pg3.htm](https://www.kirupa.com/blend_silverlight/adding_references_using_directives_pg3.htm)