Visual Studio 2010 cannot add existing items as links

Question

I am trying to add existing files as links to a website project in Visual Studio 2010. This means that they will be added as a link, and not as a new copy of the file. VS2010 help says that in the "Open file" dialog box, "Add as a link" should be selected in the "Add" drop-down list. However, in the drop-down list, I see only "Add", which adds a new copy of the file, not the link.

I need to skip something obvious here, but don't know what. Your help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Website designs do not support related items. This cannot be done from the VS UI, and trying to do it from a macro or using sdk will result in "websites not supporting linked files." an exception.