How to add namespace in aspx file?
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i have added C# code in aspx file, but it is showing error
> The type or namespace name 'Mail' does not exist in the class or > namespace 'System.Net' (are you missing an assembly reference?)
How i can add nampespace to aspx file i have tried <%@ import namespace="Westwind.Tools"%> but it does not work?
asp.net Solutions
Solution 1 - asp.net
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Net.Mail" %>
Solution 2 - asp.net
I'm assuming that it's in a website and that the page doesn't have code behind?
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Net.Mail"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
This seems to work for me.
If it's not in a website and/or it has code behind why do you need to reference the namespace in the aspx file?
Hope this helps
Solution 3 - asp.net
To add the namespace globally instead of page-by-page, just put the namespace in your web.config.
<configuration>
<system.web>
<pages>
<namespaces>
<add namespace="Your.Namespace"/>
</namespaces>
</pages>
</system.web>
</configuration>
You might have to restart Visual Studio for the IntelliSense to kick in.
You can also create a mini web.config in a directory to only import the namespace into ASPX files within that directory and sub-directories instead of applying it globally.