Conflicting namespaces??

[Will]

I've included both the System.Drawing namespance and the
System.Web.UI.WebControls namespace on my page. Both of
these have an Image class, so when I call the Image class
(refering to the System.Drawing namespace) can I do it
without having to write the entire string?
System.Drawing.Image... I get errors saying Image is
ambiguous otherwise.

[Ravikanth[MVP]]

Hi

Every namespace and type has a fully qualified name,
which uniquely identifies the namespace or type amongst
all others.

So use fully qualified name.

Ravikanth[MVP]

-----Original Message-----
I've included both the System.Drawing namespance and the
System.Web.UI.WebControls namespace on my page. Both of
these have an Image class, so when I call the Image class(refering to the System.Drawing namespace) can I do it
without having to write the entire string?
System.Drawing.Image... I get errors saying Image is
ambiguous otherwise.
.

[Chris R. Timmons]

"Will" <ws*****@comcast.net> wrote in
news:0e****************************@phx.gbl:

I've included both the System.Drawing namespance and the
System.Web.UI.WebControls namespace on my page. Both of
these have an Image class, so when I call the Image class
(refering to the System.Drawing namespace) can I do it
without having to write the entire string?
System.Drawing.Image... I get errors saying Image is
ambiguous otherwise.

Will,

Both VB.Net and C# support namespace aliases. You can use this
mechanism to give different (usually shorter) names to a specified
namespace.

VB.Net:

Imports Draw = System.Drawing
Imports WebUI = System.Web.UI.WebControls

' Create a System.Drawing Image:
Dim MyDrawImage As Draw.Image = Draw.Image.FromFile('myfile.bmp')

' Create a System.Web.UI.WebControls Image:
Dim MyWebImage As New WebUI.Image()

C#:

using Draw = System.Drawing;
using WebUI = System.Web.UI.WebControls;

// Create a System.Drawing Image:
Draw.Image MyDrawImage = Draw.Image.FromFile("myfile.bmp");

// Create a System.Web.UI.WebControls Image:
WebUI.Image MyWebImage = new WebUI.Image();
Hope this helps.

Chris.
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