On Feb 18, 8:22 am, "RobinS" <Rob...@NoSpam.yah.none> wrote:
> "nr0m***@googlemail.com" <nr0***@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> >I am trying to build a WinForms application, and I'm using the Visual
> > Studio C# 2005 Express edition. Doesn't it bind to .NET 2.0 by
> > default, and shouldn't it be able to find the dll without any settings
> > being tweaked ? I'm sure the answer is simple, but I couldn't find
> > anything after a brief trawl of the net.
>
> > nr0mx.
>
> What do you mean bind to .Net 2.0? Visual Studio 2005 (in any flavor or
> version) does use the .Net 2.0 framework. I don't understand what you mean
> when you say "find the dll". The .Net framework is made up of lots of
> dll's. Can you be more specific as to what you are trying to do that is not
> working?
>
> Robin S.

> On Feb 18, 8:22 am, "RobinS" <Rob...@NoSpam.yah.none> wrote:
>> "nr0m***@googlemail.com" <nr0***@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1171755920.977180.246320@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>> I am trying to build a WinForms application, and I'm using the Visual
>>> Studio C# 2005 Express edition. Doesn't it bind to .NET 2.0 by
>>> default, and shouldn't it be able to find the dll without any settings
>>> being tweaked ? I'm sure the answer is simple, but I couldn't find
>>> anything after a brief trawl of the net.
>>> nr0mx.
>> What do you mean bind to .Net 2.0? Visual Studio 2005 (in any flavor or
>> version) does use the .Net 2.0 framework. I don't understand what you mean
>> when you say "find the dll". The .Net framework is made up of lots of
>> dll's. Can you be more specific as to what you are trying to do that is not
>> working?
>>
>> Robin S.
>
>
> Sorry, I wasn't clear enough. This is the code I'm trying to compile:
> using System;
> using System.Windows.Forms;
>
> namespace WinFormsTest
> {
>     class SimpleHelloWord: Form
>     {
>         [STAThread]
>         public static int Main(string[] args)
>         {
>             Application.Run(new SimpleHelloWord());
>             return 0;
>         }
>
>         public SimpleHelloWord()
>         {
>             this.Text = "Hello World";
>         }
>     }
> }
>
> Compilation fails at the second line .. "The type or namespace name
> 'Windows' does not exist in the namespace 'System' (are you missing an
> assembly reference?)". I assume this is because it cannot find the
> System.Windows.Forms dll. However if this ships with .NET 2.0 by
> default, and VS C# 2005 Express Edition uses the 2.0 framework, where
> am I going wrong ? Been scratching my head!
>
> nr0mx.
>

> nr0m***@googlemail.com wrote:
> > On Feb 18, 8:22 am, "RobinS" <Rob...@NoSpam.yah.none> wrote:
> >> "nr0m***@googlemail.com" <nr0***@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:1171755920.977180.246320@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> >>> I am trying to build a WinForms application, and I'm using the Visual
> >>> Studio C# 2005 Express edition. Doesn't it bind to .NET 2.0 by
> >>> default, and shouldn't it be able to find the dll without any settings
> >>> being tweaked ? I'm sure the answer is simple, but I couldn't find
> >>> anything after a brief trawl of the net.
> >>> nr0mx.
> >> What do you mean bind to .Net 2.0? Visual Studio 2005 (in any flavor or
> >> version) does use the .Net 2.0 framework. I don't understand what you mean
> >> when you say "find the dll". The .Net framework is made up of lots of
> >> dll's. Can you be more specific as to what you are trying to do that is not
> >> working?
>
> >> Robin S.
>
> > Sorry, I wasn't clear enough. This is the code I'm trying to compile:
> > using System;
> > using System.Windows.Forms;
>
> > namespace WinFormsTest
> > {
> >     class SimpleHelloWord: Form
> >     {
> >         [STAThread]
> >         public static int Main(string[] args)
> >         {
> >             Application.Run(new SimpleHelloWord());
> >             return 0;
> >         }
>
> >         public SimpleHelloWord()
> >         {
> >             this.Text = "Hello World";
> >         }
> >     }
> > }
>
> > Compilation fails at the second line .. "The type or namespace name
> > 'Windows' does not exist in the namespace 'System' (are you missing an
> > assembly reference?)". I assume this is because it cannot find the
> > System.Windows.Forms dll. However if this ships with .NET 2.0 by
> > default, and VS C# 2005 Express Edition uses the 2.0 framework, where
> > am I going wrong ? Been scratching my head!
>
> > nr0mx.
>
> You need to add a reference to the system.windows.forms.dll to your project.
>
> This is done automatically if you create a windows application project,
> so you have to have created a different kind of project.
>
> --
> Göran Andersson
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