"Imports Microsoft.Visua lBasic" doesn't import

[darrel]

I've built a control. At the top of my control, I have this:

Imports Microsoft.Visua lBasic

Then, later, I call a function like this:

DateTime.Now.Ye ar.ToString()

This works fine on my machine. My coworker takes the exact same file,
compiles it, and gets errors until he explicitly writes out the function as:
microsoft.Visua lBasic.DateAndT ime.Now.Year.To String()

Why?

This has happened before and only seems to affact the microsoft.Visua lBasic
namespace. On his computer, it just doesn't seem to import it.

-Darrel

[ashelley]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:30:58 -0500, "darrel" <no*****@hotmai l.com>
wrote:

microsoft.Visu alBasic.DateAnd Time.Now.Year.T oString()

Why?
DateTime is a System.ValueTyp e
This has happened before and only seems to affact the microsoft.Visua lBasic
namespace. On his computer, it just doesn't seem to import it.

He'd also have to use a M instead of a m for it to work. Are you
using this name space for anything in particular cause I don't think
you need it in most cases.

-Adam

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

The frameowk is probably getting confused because that function doesn't
require the VisualBasic library at all. You can say the exact same thing
with System.DateTime .Now.Year.ToStr ing(). If the System and
Microsoft.Visua lBasic namespaces are both imported, how does the
DateTime.Now.Ye ar.ToString() code know which namespace you are referencing?
It doesn't, which is why it generates the error unless the VisualBasic
namespace is specified as then there isn't any confusion by the compiler.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

"darrel" <no*****@hotmai l.com> wrote in message
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I've built a control. At the top of my control, I have this:

Imports Microsoft.Visua lBasic

Then, later, I call a function like this:

DateTime.Now.Ye ar.ToString()

This works fine on my machine. My coworker takes the exact same file,
compiles it, and gets errors until he explicitly writes out the function
as:
microsoft.Visua lBasic.DateAndT ime.Now.Year.To String()

Why?

This has happened before and only seems to affact the
microsoft.Visua lBasic
namespace. On his computer, it just doesn't seem to import it.

-Darrel