"beatlebum" wrote:

> I am building a web application using VS 2003 in c#. I am able to
> successfully add a web reference. However when I attempt to 'use' it, I get
> an error message saying:
>
> 'The type or namespace name 'xxx' could not be found (are you missing a
> using directive or an assembly reference?)
>
> I got the same error when I attempted the Walkthrough: Creating a distrubted
> Application. For some reason it does not detect the 'authors1' web reference.
>
> For some preliminary investigations, the problem might have been something
> to do with me installing IIS after VS2003. Apparently there is a fix for this
> by entering the following at the command line:
> "%systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\version\aspnet_regiis.exe" -i.
>
> This did NOT help.......I am at a lost - any help is much appreciated
>
>