Chapter 08: Creating Smarter User Controls

huttog · June 27th, 2012, 07:13 PM

Using the C# version of the code.

I have created the Direction.cs with the enum Direction.

In /Controls/Banner.ascx.cs I get an error when entering "public Direction DisplayDirection { get; set; }". The app can't seem to find Direction.cs.

When I view Default.aspx in the browser it displays all right, but I get a compile error of

"Error 1 The type or namespace name 'Direction' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) C:\BegASPNETCS\Site\Controls\Banner.ascx.cs 10 10 C:\BegASPNETCS\Site\
"

So I seem to have missed a step somewhere but I'm darned if I can see it.

Thanks,

George

Imar · June 28th, 2012, 01:47 AM

Hi there,

In which folder did you create the Direction enum? Can you post its code?

Imar

huttog · June 28th, 2012, 08:43 AM

Direction.cs is in the App_Code folder. Here is the entirety of the code in the file.

Code:

public enum Direction
{
  Horizontal,
  Vertical
}

Imar · June 28th, 2012, 09:00 AM

That looks OK to me.

Have you tried restarting VS? As explained in the book, the changes are not always picked up right away.

Also, are you sure you created a Web Site Project and not a Web Application project (the form has one code behind file for an ASPX; the latter has two).

If that doesn't help, can you post the code for the complete control as well as the page / master page where you use it?

Cheers,

Imar

huttog · June 28th, 2012, 02:39 PM

Thank you for the quick response -- it is gratifying to see an author so readily available for questions.

Oddly enough, a restart of VS resolved the issue. When I initially created this I did wait five minutes for VS to pick up on the change but it never happened. Is there a different sort of build I should have asked for when bringing up the page?

Imar · June 29th, 2012, 03:16 AM

Quote:

Is there a different sort of build I should have asked for when bringing up the page?

You can force Visual Studio to compile the site. You can use Build | Build Website or right-click the site and choose Build Web site.

That should hopefully do the trick.

Cheers,

Imar