Need to Resolve a Reference Problem

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I have two C# files. To make it simple I've now put them in the same directory. The first few lines of the web page are as follows:

<%@ Page language="C#" %>
<%@ Reference Page="Crypto.cs" %>
<%
Crypto.CryptoEngine xe = new Crypto.CryptoEngine();
%>
.
.
.
The Reference directive is my 20th attempt at guessing what syntax Microsoft wants me to use. I've probably looked at 50 web pages trying to discover the correct syntax. How can I get the web page to recognize the Crypto namespace that is defined within the Crypto.cs file?

Will anyone please help? I'm at my wits end.

The start of the Crypto.cs file are:

using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Security.Cryptography;

namespace Crypto
{
public class CryptoEngine

[Shashi Sadasivan]

Are you trying to access the crypo namespace from some other namespace?

[JosAH]

You should have asked your question in the .NET Forum section; not here in the
.NET Articles section. I'll move your question to the forum for you.

kind regards,

Jos

[rsdev]

If you're not using code-behind try;

<%@ Import Namespace="Crypto" %>

Code-behind partial class

using Crypto;
 
public partial class someName

Hope this helps!