how does using work?

[AAJ]

Hi all

I have the following that looks at a XSD Table adapter

JobDescription. VWJobDescriptio nMinEducationDa taTable m_MinQuals;

but for compactness I would like to reference it as

Using JobDescription;

VWJobDescriptio nMinEducationDa taTable m_MinQuals;

but the 'using' part generates 'Error 1 A using namespace directive can only
be applied to namespaces; 'JobDescription ' is a type not a namespace
E:\Inetpub\wwwr oot\...' when I build the project

can anyone help

Andy

[Morten Wennevik]

Hi Andy,

I would guess that JobDescription is a class, and that VWJob...Table is a
member of that class. In that case you would have to create an alias.

using JDescMinTable = JobDescription. VWJobDescriptio nMinEducationDa taTable;

JDescMinTable m_MinQuals;

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:48:27 +0100, AAJ <a.a.comwrote :

Hi all

I have the following that looks at a XSD Table adapter

JobDescription. VWJobDescriptio nMinEducationDa taTable m_MinQuals;

but for compactness I would like to reference it as

Using JobDescription;

VWJobDescriptio nMinEducationDa taTable m_MinQuals;

but the 'using' part generates 'Error 1 A using namespace directive can
only
be applied to namespaces; 'JobDescription ' is a type not a namespace
E:\Inetpub\wwwr oot\...' when I build the project

can anyone help

Andy

--
Happy Coding!
Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]

[Ciaran O''Donnell]

In C#, using aliases namespaces or classes.
using System.Windows. Forms
aliases System.Windows. Forms as nothingso you can access is members directly.
using Forms = System.Windows. Forms
aliases it as Forms so you can get to TextBox as Forms.TextBox
using TB = System.Windows. Forms.TextBox
aliases the class as TB and there fore you can access it like
TB myTextbox = new TB();

What you need to do for your needs is :

using VWJobDescriptio nMinEducationDa taTable=
JobDescription. VWJobDescriptio nMinEducationDa taTable

Then you could write

VWJobDescriptio nMinEducationDa taTable m_MinQuals;

HTH
Ciaran O'Donnell

"AAJ" wrote:

Hi all

I have the following that looks at a XSD Table adapter

JobDescription. VWJobDescriptio nMinEducationDa taTable m_MinQuals;

but for compactness I would like to reference it as

Using JobDescription;

VWJobDescriptio nMinEducationDa taTable m_MinQuals;

but the 'using' part generates 'Error 1 A using namespace directive can only
be applied to namespaces; 'JobDescription ' is a type not a namespace
E:\Inetpub\wwwr oot\...' when I build the project

can anyone help

Andy

[AAJ]

Thanks guys - its exactly what I was looking for

cheers

Andy
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Hi all

I have the following that looks at a XSD Table adapter

JobDescription. VWJobDescriptio nMinEducationDa taTable m_MinQuals;

but for compactness I would like to reference it as

Using JobDescription;

VWJobDescriptio nMinEducationDa taTable m_MinQuals;

but the 'using' part generates 'Error 1 A using namespace directive can
only be applied to namespaces; 'JobDescription ' is a type not a namespace
E:\Inetpub\wwwr oot\...' when I build the project

can anyone help

Andy