Web Matrix and using classes

[Mayfield2268]

I have created a class in Web Matrix and I'm trying to call it from a .aspx page. Here is the code for the class...

 

 

Imports System

Namespace sqlClass

Public Class sql

Public Sub New()

 

End Sub

End Class

End Namespace

 

I get the following error when I try to declare an instance of this class in my .aspx page ...

 

Compiler Error Message: BC30002: Type 'sql' is not defined.

 

Source Error:

 

Line 6:

Line 7: Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

Line 8: Dim sqlVB as New sql()

Line 9:

Line 10: End Sub

 

I have also tried adding a import namespace as well as removing the Namespace code from the class.

 

 

Does anyone have any suggestions as to why this error is occurring.

 

Thanks

[Derek Stone]

Did you compile the class? Web Matrix does not do this for you, as its meant to be used with Active Server Pages (.NET) that lack code-behind files.

[Mayfield2268]

Thanks for the response

 

I was able to compile the .vb file into a dll file. But of course I'm not sure what to do next. I try adding the dll to the classes tab in Web Matrix but that didn't seem to work.

 

Any suggestions

 

Thanks

[Derek Stone]

Copy the DLL into the /bin directory of your web application's root. If the directory doesn't exist, create it. Then simply import the namespace.

<%@ Import Namespace="MyCompany.MyProject" %>

[Mayfield2268]

Thanks again, that worked awesome. Hours of frustration finally came to an end.

 

Thanks