The  Project Menu lets you add items to the current project. In addition, you can add a data connection to the project if you have database transaction. Finally this is the place where you can keep track of you local and global copies of the project files

The Project Menu when selected details options that can be seen in the picture below.

Add Item and Add Web Item let you add new pages to the current project. When selected, you will get a new dialog box that looks like the one below. You can select any kind of items like HTML, ASP or other. If you have existing pages that you would like to add to the project, select the Existing tab and search for the appropriate files from the computer.

Add Data Command lets you select type of data source you want to connect too. When selected a new dialog will pop up shown below that reads Data Link Properties. The first tab is Provider which lets you select the appropriate OLE DB provider for the type of data you want to access. 

The next tab is Connection which lets you specify how to connect to ODBC data. This Connection tab is provider-specific and displays only the connection properties that are required by the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC. In the example below, we are connecting to a SQL Server database FSI Local that is owned by the SA account with blank password (High Security!)

If you have setup the data connection properly, you should have a successful connection when you click Test Connection

The Project Menu also lets you keep track of your local files. Remember in Visual Interdev, you have a local copy (your machine) and a master copy (web server). This lets you test stuff before you put it out there on the web. When you are close to launching the website, this menu option lets you compare files and make appropriate changes. 

Project Web Files gives you the following options

There is one more option that I would like to discuss. It is the Web Project option under the Project Menu. This lets you synchronize all the local files with the master files on the web server. This makes sure that all the changes have been updated. In addition you can copy a website and save it under a different name on your computer. This is what you need to do to get this option

Project Web Project

Notice that these options are also available in the Project Explorer window to the right with the same icons