I am trying to build a WinForms application, and I'm using the Visual
Studio C# 2005 Express edition. Doesn't it bind to .NET 2.0 by
default, and shouldn't it be able to find the dll without any settings
being tweaked ? I'm sure the answer is simple, but I couldn't find
anything after a brief trawl of the net.

nr0mx.

Re: Cannot find the System.Windows.Forms assembly by RobinS

RobinS
Sun Feb 18 01:22:46 CST 2007


"nr0mx.g@googlemail.com" <nr0mxg@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:1171755920.977180.246320@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I am trying to build a WinForms application, and I'm using the Visual
> Studio C# 2005 Express edition. Doesn't it bind to .NET 2.0 by
> default, and shouldn't it be able to find the dll without any settings
> being tweaked ? I'm sure the answer is simple, but I couldn't find
> anything after a brief trawl of the net.
>
> nr0mx.
>

What do you mean bind to .Net 2.0? Visual Studio 2005 (in any flavor or
version) does use the .Net 2.0 framework. I don't understand what you mean
when you say "find the dll". The .Net framework is made up of lots of
dll's. Can you be more specific as to what you are trying to do that is not
working?

Robin S.



Re: Cannot find the System.Windows.Forms assembly by nr0mx

nr0mx
Sun Feb 18 14:47:12 CST 2007

On Feb 18, 8:22 am, "RobinS" <Rob...@NoSpam.yah.none> wrote:
> "nr0m...@googlemail.com" <nr0...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1171755920.977180.246320@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> >I am trying to build a WinForms application, and I'm using the Visual
> > Studio C# 2005 Express edition. Doesn't it bind to .NET 2.0 by
> > default, and shouldn't it be able to find the dll without any settings
> > being tweaked ? I'm sure the answer is simple, but I couldn't find
> > anything after a brief trawl of the net.
>
> > nr0mx.
>
> What do you mean bind to .Net 2.0? Visual Studio 2005 (in any flavor or
> version) does use the .Net 2.0 framework. I don't understand what you mean
> when you say "find the dll". The .Net framework is made up of lots of
> dll's. Can you be more specific as to what you are trying to do that is not
> working?
>
> Robin S.


Sorry, I wasn't clear enough. This is the code I'm trying to compile:
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WinFormsTest
{
class SimpleHelloWord: Form
{
[STAThread]
public static int Main(string[] args)
{
Application.Run(new SimpleHelloWord());
return 0;
}

public SimpleHelloWord()
{
this.Text = "Hello World";
}
}
}

Compilation fails at the second line .. "The type or namespace name
'Windows' does not exist in the namespace 'System' (are you missing an
assembly reference?)". I assume this is because it cannot find the
System.Windows.Forms dll. However if this ships with .NET 2.0 by
default, and VS C# 2005 Express Edition uses the 2.0 framework, where
am I going wrong ? Been scratching my head!

nr0mx.


Re: Cannot find the System.Windows.Forms assembly by guffa

guffa
Sun Feb 18 15:50:04 CST 2007

nr0mx.g@googlemail.com wrote:
> On Feb 18, 8:22 am, "RobinS" <Rob...@NoSpam.yah.none> wrote:
>> "nr0m...@googlemail.com" <nr0...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1171755920.977180.246320@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>> I am trying to build a WinForms application, and I'm using the Visual
>>> Studio C# 2005 Express edition. Doesn't it bind to .NET 2.0 by
>>> default, and shouldn't it be able to find the dll without any settings
>>> being tweaked ? I'm sure the answer is simple, but I couldn't find
>>> anything after a brief trawl of the net.
>>> nr0mx.
>> What do you mean bind to .Net 2.0? Visual Studio 2005 (in any flavor or
>> version) does use the .Net 2.0 framework. I don't understand what you mean
>> when you say "find the dll". The .Net framework is made up of lots of
>> dll's. Can you be more specific as to what you are trying to do that is not
>> working?
>>
>> Robin S.
>
>
> Sorry, I wasn't clear enough. This is the code I'm trying to compile:
> using System;
> using System.Windows.Forms;
>
> namespace WinFormsTest
> {
> class SimpleHelloWord: Form
> {
> [STAThread]
> public static int Main(string[] args)
> {
> Application.Run(new SimpleHelloWord());
> return 0;
> }
>
> public SimpleHelloWord()
> {
> this.Text = "Hello World";
> }
> }
> }
>
> Compilation fails at the second line .. "The type or namespace name
> 'Windows' does not exist in the namespace 'System' (are you missing an
> assembly reference?)". I assume this is because it cannot find the
> System.Windows.Forms dll. However if this ships with .NET 2.0 by
> default, and VS C# 2005 Express Edition uses the 2.0 framework, where
> am I going wrong ? Been scratching my head!
>
> nr0mx.
>

You need to add a reference to the system.windows.forms.dll to your project.

This is done automatically if you create a windows application project,
so you have to have created a different kind of project.

--
Göran Andersson
_____
http://www.guffa.com

Re: Cannot find the System.Windows.Forms assembly by nr0mx

nr0mx
Sun Feb 18 16:06:33 CST 2007

On Feb 18, 9:50 pm, G=F6ran Andersson <g...@guffa.com> wrote:
> nr0m...@googlemail.com wrote:
> > On Feb 18, 8:22 am, "RobinS" <Rob...@NoSpam.yah.none> wrote:
> >> "nr0m...@googlemail.com" <nr0...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:1171755920.977180.246320@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> >>> I am trying to build a WinForms application, and I'm using the Visual
> >>> Studio C# 2005 Express edition. Doesn't it bind to .NET 2.0 by
> >>> default, and shouldn't it be able to find the dll without any settings
> >>> being tweaked ? I'm sure the answer is simple, but I couldn't find
> >>> anything after a brief trawl of the net.
> >>> nr0mx.
> >> What do you mean bind to .Net 2.0? Visual Studio 2005 (in any flavor or
> >> version) does use the .Net 2.0 framework. I don't understand what you =
mean
> >> when you say "find the dll". The .Net framework is made up of lots of
> >> dll's. Can you be more specific as to what you are trying to do that i=
s not
> >> working?
>
> >> Robin S.
>
> > Sorry, I wasn't clear enough. This is the code I'm trying to compile:
> > using System;
> > using System.Windows.Forms;
>
> > namespace WinFormsTest
> > {
> > class SimpleHelloWord: Form
> > {
> > [STAThread]
> > public static int Main(string[] args)
> > {
> > Application.Run(new SimpleHelloWord());
> > return 0;
> > }
>
> > public SimpleHelloWord()
> > {
> > this.Text =3D "Hello World";
> > }
> > }
> > }
>
> > Compilation fails at the second line .. "The type or namespace name
> > 'Windows' does not exist in the namespace 'System' (are you missing an
> > assembly reference?)". I assume this is because it cannot find the
> > System.Windows.Forms dll. However if this ships with .NET 2.0 by
> > default, and VS C# 2005 Express Edition uses the 2.0 framework, where
> > am I going wrong ? Been scratching my head!
>
> > nr0mx.
>
> You need to add a reference to the system.windows.forms.dll to your proje=
ct.
>
> This is done automatically if you create a windows application project,
> so you have to have created a different kind of project.
>
> --
> G=F6ran Andersson
> _____http://www.guffa.com- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

D'oh! That was it. Many thanks.

nr0mx