Hello all,

I've created (in the app_code folder) a class called common.vb.
At the top of the file, before the public class common line,
i created a public structure called User, and it contains basic properties like firstname, lastname, etc.
Now, I have a main Asp page, called Index.aspx. A user control called GatherInfo.ascx. With GatherInfo.ascx.vb, the code behind imports the common class, and has its own property of type User (from common.vb). When I attempt to access this property from Index.aspx (having of course registered the class at the top of the page with a tagprefix of User1)
I receive the following visual studios error:

Reference Required to assembly 'AppCode.kqzkqziee, version = 0.0.0.0 culture = neutral, PublicKeyToken=null, containing the type User, add one to your project

If i were to try to access that structure. for example imagine i did this:

1) Create a variable of type UserInfo (from the common class)
2) Call the User1.retrieveUserInfo sub  (remember User1 was the tag prefix for the GatherInfo user control)
3) Assign this property from User1 to the struct we declared in step 1 (both of the same type of course)
4) Line 3 would generate the above error in red.

Now if i just changed the property's type from User to something basic, like integer, everything works fine.
Any suggestions? Thanks all this is killing me. I'm assuming its some sort of register/compile issue i've confused." src="/emoticons/emotion-39.gif">

Mike

Here is some code for the user control i did.

Public userInfo As User

Public Property uInfo() As User
Get
     Return userInfo
End Get

Set(ByVal value As User)
     userInfo = value
End Set

End Property

'this code below is responsible for taking any values typed into the textboxes in the user control, and assigning them to the struct's values.

Public Sub retrieveUserInfo()

With userInfo
   .firstname = txtName.text
   .lastname = txtlName.text
End With

End Sub

Thanks for the report. This is a known issue with intellisense in the current drops of Visual Web Developer and the Web Platforms and tools team is actively working on a solution. The problem manifests itself when a type consumed by a user control (or global.asax ), say a base class or structure, is defined in the app_code folder. When the user control is consumed by the page, the intellisense gets references to the app_code folder and the built user control, and doesn't recognize that the type exists in the app_code folder reference. The only work around is to build the web which forces synchronization of the types. However, if you make a change to the app_code folder the problem will probably reappear.  Note that this is a design time intellisense issue only - the web operates correctly at runtime.

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Bill Hiebert

Visual Studio Web Tools