I am obviously very new to the .net world. Please forgive me if the solution is obvious btu goggling hasn't turned up any info I can apply directly to my situation. I am using Visual Studio 2010. I am creating a "start" project that includes all the things I need for any app on my site, including css, certain images, and external javascript files. 

When I export this project to a template, it does not include the Telerik assembly file for some reason, so When I start a new project from the exported template, It doesn't have the assembly file and I have to manually re-add the Telerik refernce.

What am I doing wrong? How can I fix this?

Thank You.

Hi Panagiotis,

You could follow these articles about creating templates and how to manage its references:

• Creating Project and Item Templates;
• How to: Add References to Templates;

Although I would like to point that if a reference is added manually and it is not linked from the GAC, then the created projects would not include physically the referenced DLL files.

I can recommend you creating a RadControls project from the installed templates or from the Telerik dropdown menu available in Visual Studio's toolbar. This way you would be sure that the references will be linked from the GAC and creating a template from this project will assure you that the created projects from it will have proper references.

Regards,
Ianko
Telerik