Cant import a namespace

[jherek]

I am trying to follow a tutorial that was written using the command line compiler. I have Visual Studio.

The tutorial makes two files - the first is a dll.
The second uses the dll - and Imports the namespace created in the dll.
Trouble is, when I try to do it I just get errors...

Namespace or type 'Greeting' for the Imports 'Greeting' cannot be found.

I have tried to add it by doing Project->Properties->Imports and also by adding a reference path to the folder where the original file was created. But no luck

Anyone know what I have to do?

 

[stravis]

After adding the reference to the original dll, I would look in the Object Browser to see what the namespace is for your referenced dll. I would guess, that if your references are defined properly, the problem is that the Namespace is not defined properly in the referenced dll.

 

[jherek]

Thanks for the reply.

I have found out how to do it now. The book says to save the dll file as 'hello.vb'. Inside this the namespace 'Greeeting' is declared. When the file is built the dll is called hello.dll, but of course, when I try to import this, the Greeting namespace isn't visible.

I had to save the dll file as Greeting, then the build created the correctly named Greeting.dll, which I could reference and thus import properly.

The point is though, as a complete novice I bought the book so I wouldn't have to find these things out! I just wanted to learn how to program - not the details of how the compilation process works. Never mind...

 

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