On Apr 9, 4:49 pm, "Andy B" <a_bo...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I had an asp.net web application that was converted from .net 2.0 to .net
> 3.5. When I added a web content form to the project, added some html content
> and then went to preview it from visual studio 2008 solution explorer I got
> the following error: Error 1 The type or namespace name 'Linq' does not
> exist in the namespace 'System.Xml' (are you missing an assembly reference?
> I am not missing a reference that I know of. Under the references node of
> solution explorer project, there is the reference: System.Xml. What am I
> missing?

"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <skeet@pobox.com> wrote in message
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> On Apr 9, 4:49 pm, "Andy B" <a_bo...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> I had an asp.net web application that was converted from .net 2.0 to .net
>> 3.5. When I added a web content form to the project, added some html
>> content
>> and then went to preview it from visual studio 2008 solution explorer I
>> got
>> the following error: Error 1 The type or namespace name 'Linq' does not
>> exist in the namespace 'System.Xml' (are you missing an assembly
>> reference?
>> I am not missing a reference that I know of. Under the references node of
>> solution explorer project, there is the reference: System.Xml. What am I
>> missing?
>
> You need a reference to the LINQ XML assembly. I can't remember
> offhand what it's called, but I'd look for System.Xml.Linq as a
> possible reference. Alternatively, create a new .NET 3.5 project and
> see what *that* references to look for likely candidates.
>
> Jon