I have been trying to write a drawing program and the problem I have encountered is that when I enter the using statement, using System.Drawing; the following error occurs:
The type or namespace name 'Drawing' does not exist in the class or namespace 'System' (are you missing an assembly reference?)

COuld anyone tell me what the problem is?

Nicola

To quote the error message "are you missing an assembly reference?" How are you compiling this? If you are in VS.net do you have a reference in the project to the System.Drawing assembly? If you are compiling with the command line, are you including a reference to that assembly in the reference options?

Peter
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I am using VS .NET

I tried the example Creating a Graphics Path from Chp 16 in "Beginning Visual C#". This worked fine.

However if I try to use Using System.Drawing directives in a non-Windows application (Console Application) I get the error. In fact if I type the dot operator after System, I don't even get "Drawing" coming up on the pop-up list. I was hoping to print out from my program and do not require Windows form, do I have to use a Windows application for this? Just wondering?

Thanks

Nicola

Hi,
This reply may be a little late going by the date you posted, hopefully you have figured out what was wrong, but this may still help some other people as I have seen this question posted on forums all over the net. Basicly as Planoe said, you have to add a reference to the assembly. To do this in your solution, on the top menu go to project->Add Reference

then scroll down and select the system.drawing.dll, you will now be able to declare using System.Drawing; in your console application.

I was also working from a book that failed to mention this to me, the book gave the impression that System.Drawing could just be declared and used, possibly it has been removed from a console apps standard References since our books were published.

Thanks Planoe, and this helps someone.

Gav

Thanks for the replies.

I did manage to find out the solution to this problem elsewhere, but the answer may prove useful to someone else.

Thanks

Nicola