Eclipse: Referencing Class Files

I have an Eclipse project A that references another project B (ie, files in project A have import statements which import classes in B). Project B is explicitly referneced in the properties of project A.
However, Eclipse is not recognizing the import statments. The files in project B are class files only (no source). But I didn't think that should matter.
Any ideas about what could be going wrong?
Thanks,
John

This is precisely what I meant by "project reference."
This is thing that has always worked for me too but
is not working in this current situation.
Thanks,
John
So, did you put the classes on Project B's classpath and then export them on the "Order and Export" tab in the Java Build Path properties? If not, then adding Project B to Project A's build path won't add the class files you want.
If you have already done this, then how about telling us more about your setup? - What does your folder structure look like in project B? What does your classpath look like in both projects? What classpath elements have you exported from Project B and in what order? Can Project A find the imports if you copy some of Project B's source code to Project A?

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