Hi Juan,

Thanks for the reply!

Unfortunately your answer didn't help me. If I don't 'Import' the
custom class then I can't call any of it's functions. This problem
goes away if I compile the .vb file first, and import the namespace
and class with an import directive! It's almost as if the framework
can't see the /code directory the way it should.

What drives me crazy is that Studio's intellisense recognises the
namespace in the source file and allows me to import it. It's only
when I run the application that the error pops up.

So a compiled version of the .vb file works fine with the resulting
..dll dropped in the /bin directory. But the uncompiled .vb file in the
/code directory doesn't!

Sorcrer:
I skipped over your original post to let someone else answer in the hopes
they might be able to help better. I take it you are dealing with VB.Net
2005 and static imports? If so, I agree with you that the behaviour seems
odd/wrong/inconsistent

You can provide feedback on .Net 2005 stuff at:
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/ they are very good about
responding.

Karl

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That's not the way it's supposed to work!

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Do you mean a YourApp/bin directory,
or the main /bin directory wwwroot/bin ?

If the /bin directory you are referring to is the
/wwwroot/bin directory, check your Applications
in the IIS Manager.

The directory you're working out of,
may not be designated as an Application
or a Virtual Directory for IIS.

The /code directory works individually for each
Application/Virtual Directory, and you can have
one /code directory for each application.

Test the attached script and corresponding page.

Place testcode.aspx in the root directory of any Application,
and place teststring.vb in the /code directory of the same Application.

You'll see that testcode.aspx calls the SampleClass1 class and
its teststring property without having compiled the .vb source.




Juan T. Llibre
ASP.NET MVP
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