How can I get a proto file to reference a message defined in another proto?

Question

I am working with a gRPC service project that was generated by Visual Studio. I have two proto files located in the same "Protos" directory. I have one proto the has an import for the other proto file. It appears to find the file but I am not able to reference any of the messages from the other. When I do I get a "blahblah" is not defined error. I have taken some screenshots of the situation. Any help would be very much appreciated!

Answer 1

They are in different package spaces; try thing.ThingRequest, or .thing.ThingRequest (the leading . means "absolute", like a uri starting with /)