Link diagrams provide a graphical view of the links between files to help you easily maintain these links in your Web application. In Link View, an item is a resource, such as an .htm file, a design-time control, or an image file, that is part of a Web application. Items in a Web application are represented by graphical icons and the relationships between these items are represented by arrows in the link diagram. For more details about the types of items that appear in a link diagram, see Items in a Link Diagram . Items in a link diagram are joined by lines that represent links between the items.
Arrows communicate the direction of links, either in or out.
You can understand the link relationships between items by analyzing the graphical representation of those relationships in a link diagram. For more information about the links that appear in a link diagram, see the Link Diagram Legend . With Link View, you can view the links for a page or item in your Web application or any page on the World Wide Web. You can also use a link diagram as a launching point for previewing items in a Web browser , or for editing items in their default editors. For more information about previewing and editing items, see Viewing Link Diagrams .