Can't add a reference to namespace System.Windows.Controls

[Blau]

I'm trying to use the System.Windows. Controls namespace, but when I
try to add a reference to it I don't see it in the list. I see a
System.Windows. Forms, but not a System.Windows. Controls.

Can someone let me know how I go about getting it in the list of
available references?


Thanks

Jody

[Peter Duniho]

Re: Can't add a reference to namespace System.Windows. Controls

On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:46:17 -0700, Blau <jodyblau@gmail .comwrote:

I'm trying to use the System.Windows. Controls namespace, but when I
try to add a reference to it I don't see it in the list. I see a
System.Windows. Forms, but not a System.Windows. Controls.
>
Can someone let me know how I go about getting it in the list of
available references?

Do you have .NET 3.0 installed and the appropriate SDK?
System.Windows. Controls is part of WPF.

Pete

[Blau]

Re: Can't add a reference to namespace System.Windows. Controls

On Jun 22, 1:50 pm, "Peter Duniho" <NpOeStPe...@nn owslpianmk.com>
wrote:

On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:46:17 -0700, Blau <jodyb...@gmail .comwrote:

I'm trying to use the System.Windows. Controls namespace, but when I
try to add a reference to it I don't see it in the list.  I see a
System.Windows. Forms, but not a System.Windows. Controls.

>

Can someone let me know how I go about getting it in the list of
available references?

>
Do you have .NET 3.0 installed and the appropriate SDK?  
System.Windows. Controls is part of WPF.
>
Pete

I'm kind of new at this stuff, so i hope i'm giving you the info you
requested. I have .NET 3.5 Installed. I installed a Windows SDK, but
i'm not sure if this is the SDK you are refering to.

Jody

[Blau]

Re: Can't add a reference to namespace System.Windows. Controls

On Jun 22, 1:50 pm, "Peter Duniho" <NpOeStPe...@nn owslpianmk.com>
wrote:

On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:46:17 -0700, Blau <jodyb...@gmail .comwrote:

I'm trying to use the System.Windows. Controls namespace, but when I
try to add a reference to it I don't see it in the list.  I see a
System.Windows. Forms, but not a System.Windows. Controls.

>

Can someone let me know how I go about getting it in the list of
available references?

>
Do you have .NET 3.0 installed and the appropriate SDK?  
System.Windows. Controls is part of WPF.
>
Pete

I hope this isn't getting double posted (I thought i posted once, but
it didn't seem to show up).
I have .NET 3.5 installed, the only SDK's that I know that I have
installed are DirectX and Windows.
Is there a different SDK that I need?

Thanks,

Jody

[Blau]

Re: Can't add a reference to namespace System.Windows. Controls

On Jun 22, 1:50 pm, "Peter Duniho" <NpOeStPe...@nn owslpianmk.com>
wrote:

On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:46:17 -0700, Blau <jodyb...@gmail .comwrote:

I'm trying to use the System.Windows. Controls namespace, but when I
try to add a reference to it I don't see it in the list.  I see a
System.Windows. Forms, but not a System.Windows. Controls.

>

Can someone let me know how I go about getting it in the list of
available references?

>
Do you have .NET 3.0 installed and the appropriate SDK?  
System.Windows. Controls is part of WPF.
>
Pete

I have .NET 3.5 installed. Which SDK do I need?

Thanks,

Jody

[Blau]

Re: Can't add a reference to namespace System.Windows. Controls

On Jun 22, 2:06 pm, Blau <jodyb...@gmail .comwrote:

On Jun 22, 1:50 pm, "Peter Duniho" <NpOeStPe...@nn owslpianmk.com>
wrote:
>

On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:46:17 -0700, Blau <jodyb...@gmail .comwrote:

I'm trying to use the System.Windows. Controls namespace, but when I
try to add a reference to it I don't see it in the list.  I see a
System.Windows. Forms, but not a System.Windows. Controls.

>

Can someone let me know how I go about getting it in the list of
available references?

>

Do you have .NET 3.0 installed and the appropriate SDK?  
System.Windows. Controls is part of WPF.

>

Pete

>
I hope this isn't getting double posted (I thought i posted once, but
it didn't seem to show up).
I have .NET 3.5 installed, the only SDK's that I know that I have
installed are DirectX and Windows.
Is there a different SDK that I need?
>
Thanks,
>
Jody

ok, i've done some more research based upon the questions you asked.
MSDN is telling me that I need Microsoft .NET Framework and the
Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) installed. I believe that I
have both installed.

So how do I gain access to the WPF, in particular the
System.Windows. Controls namespace within Vistual Studio 2005?

Thanks,

Jody

[Peter Duniho]

Re: Can't add a reference to namespace System.Windows. Controls

On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:28:41 -0700, Blau <jodyblau@gmail .comwrote:

ok, i've done some more research based upon the questions you asked.
MSDN is telling me that I need Microsoft .NET Framework and the
Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) installed. I believe that I
have both installed.

But which versions?

You can't use just any random .NET and SDK. You have to have the ones
that include WPF, which are those that support .NET 3.0 and later.

So how do I gain access to the WPF, in particular the
System.Windows. Controls namespace within Vistual Studio 2005?

In VS2005, you'll need to install the SDK separately (VS2008 includes it,
but the SDK that comes with VS2005 doesn't include .NET 3.0 support, since
it predates that version of .NET). You can find the latest SDK that
supports WPF here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e6e1c3df-a74f-4207-8586-711ebe331cdc

Pete

[Blau]

Re: Can't add a reference to namespace System.Windows. Controls

On Jun 22, 3:13 pm, "Peter Duniho" <NpOeStPe...@nn owslpianmk.com>
wrote:

On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:28:41 -0700, Blau <jodyb...@gmail .comwrote:

ok, i've done some more research based upon the questions you asked.
MSDN is telling me that I need Microsoft .NET Framework and the
Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) installed.  I believe that I
have both installed.

>
But which versions?
>
You can't use just any random .NET and SDK.  You have to have the ones  
that include WPF, which are those that support .NET 3.0 and later.
>

So how do I gain access to the WPF, in particular the
System.Windows. Controls namespace within Vistual Studio 2005?

>
In VS2005, you'll need to install the SDK separately (VS2008 includes it, 
but the SDK that comes with VS2005 doesn't include .NET 3.0 support, since  
it predates that version of .NET).  You can find the latest SDK that  
supports WPF here:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...D=e6e1c3df-a74...
>
Pete

So I have .NET 3.5 installed. I also have the version of Windows SDK
that you linked installed.
So now that I have the .NET and Windows SDK installed, how do I make
Visual Studio 2005 aware of them? I still can't seem to get the
System.Windows. Controls namespace to appear when I try to add a
reference.

Thanks,

Jody

[Peter Duniho]

Re: Can't add a reference to namespace System.Windows. Controls

On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:25:26 -0700, Blau <jodyblau@gmail .comwrote:

So I have .NET 3.5 installed. I also have the version of Windows SDK
that you linked installed.
So now that I have the .NET and Windows SDK installed, how do I make
Visual Studio 2005 aware of them? I still can't seem to get the
System.Windows. Controls namespace to appear when I try to add a
reference.

Okay, at this point we have -- assuming you are describing your situation
correctly -- determined that you have the necessary prerequisites.

So the next step is for you to be very clear about what it is exactly
you're doing, and what doesn't work about it. Describe the exact steps
you're taking, including the precise names of menu commands you're using,
etc. Tell us what you see and why that's different from what you expected
to see.

Pete

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Re: Can't add a reference to namespace System.Windows. Controls

Blau <jodyblau@gmail .comwrote:

I have .NET 3.5 installed. Which SDK do I need?

If you've got .NET 3.5 installed, that should be fine. Chances are you
just don't have the right project references. When you created the
project, what kind of project did you choose?

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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Re: Can't add a reference to namespace System.Windows. Controls

Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <skeet@pobox.co mwrote:

Blau <jodyblau@gmail .comwrote:

I have .NET 3.5 installed. Which SDK do I need?

>
If you've got .NET 3.5 installed, that should be fine. Chances are you
just don't have the right project references. When you created the
project, what kind of project did you choose?

Apologies - I had assumed that if you'd installed .NET 3.5, you'd also
got Visual Studio 2008.

Is there any reason why you have to use VS 2005? It's all going to be
*much* easier with 2008...

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[Blau]

Re: Can't add a reference to namespace System.Windows. Controls

On Jun 22, 3:31 pm, Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <sk...@pobox.co mwrote:

Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <sk...@pobox.co mwrote:
>

Blau <jodyb...@gmail .comwrote:

I have .NET 3.5 installed.  Which SDK do I need?

>

If you've got .NET 3.5 installed, that should be fine. Chances are you
just don't have the right project references. When you created the
project, what kind of project did you choose?

>
Apologies - I had assumed that if you'd installed .NET 3.5, you'd also
got Visual Studio 2008.
>
Is there any reason why you have to use VS 2005? It's all going to be
*much* easier with 2008...
>
--
Jon Skeet - <sk...@pobox.co m>
Web site:http://www.pobox.com/~skeet 
Blog:http://www.msmvps.com/jon_skeet
C# in Depth:http://csharpindepth.com

Ya, i'm trying to use the XNA stuff from microsoft, and XNA 2.0
doesn't support 2008; So that is why i've been trying to figure it out
for 2005

Thanks,

Jody

[Blau]

Re: Can't add a reference to namespace System.Windows. Controls

On Jun 22, 3:36 pm, Blau <jodyb...@gmail .comwrote:

On Jun 22, 3:31 pm, Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <sk...@pobox.co mwrote:
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Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <sk...@pobox.co mwrote:

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Blau <jodyb...@gmail .comwrote:
I have .NET 3.5 installed.  Which SDK do I need?

>

If you've got .NET 3.5 installed, that should be fine. Chances are you
just don't have the right project references. When you created the
project, what kind of project did you choose?

>

Apologies - I had assumed that if you'd installed .NET 3.5, you'd also
got Visual Studio 2008.

>

Is there any reason why you have to use VS 2005? It's all going to be
*much* easier with 2008...

>

--
Jon Skeet - <sk...@pobox.co m>
Web site:http://www.pobox.com/~skeet 
Blog:http://www.msmvps.com/jon_skeet
C# in Depth:http://csharpindepth.com

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Ya, i'm trying to use the XNA stuff from microsoft, and XNA 2.0
doesn't support 2008; So that is why i've been trying to figure it out
for 2005
>
Thanks,
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So when I create a project, I create a windows game 2.0 project using
XNA 2.0 in Visual Studio 2005.
I'm trying to learn how to create buttons and other controls within
the game application. One reference book that I have wants me to
create a "canvas" on which to draw my controls; but I noticed a
reference to a Canvas on MSDN that is contained within
System.Windows. Controls; So I thought I would see if it was possible
for me to use the Canvas in that Namespace, rather than create my own.

So i rightclick on the project references and go to add a reference.
It brings up a list of .net references, but they are all 2.0
references and so the namespace I want isn't there. How do I make
visual Studio 2005 look for .net 3.0 or 3.5 references?

thanks,

Jody

[Peter Duniho]

Re: Can't add a reference to namespace System.Windows. Controls

On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:43:57 -0700, Blau <jodyblau@gmail .comwrote:

[...]
I'm trying to learn how to create buttons and other controls within
the game application. One reference book that I have wants me to
create a "canvas" on which to draw my controls; but I noticed a
reference to a Canvas on MSDN that is contained within
System.Windows. Controls; So I thought I would see if it was possible
for me to use the Canvas in that Namespace, rather than create my own.

You can only use the Canvas class from WPF if that's the exact class that
the book had in mind. Otherwise, the fact that the book is using the name
"Canvas" for the class is an unfortunate coincidence, and has nothing to
do with using the WPF class.

That said...

So i rightclick on the project references and go to add a reference.
It brings up a list of .net references, but they are all 2.0
references and so the namespace I want isn't there.

What do you mean "they are all 2.0 references"? Even if you don't have
the .NET 3.0 SDK installed, you should see libraries other than 2.0. But
regardless, it's not the version of the reference that you really should
care about.

As the MSDN docs say, the Canvas class (and other WPF classes) are found
in the PresentationFra mework library. So as long as you find that library
in the "Add Reference" dialog, that should be fine (my guess is that it'll
show "3.0.0.0" as the version, but even if one day that changes, the
important part will be using the correct library).

How do I make
visual Studio 2005 look for .net 3.0 or 3.5 references?

If you have the SDK correctly installed, there's nothing else for you to
do. If you don't, then you need to install the SDK correctly before the
PresentationFra mework library will appear in the "Add Reference" dialog.

Pete

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Re: Can't add a reference to namespace System.Windows. Controls

Blau <jodyblau@gmail .comwrote:

So when I create a project, I create a windows game 2.0 project using
XNA 2.0 in Visual Studio 2005.
I'm trying to learn how to create buttons and other controls within
the game application. One reference book that I have wants me to
create a "canvas" on which to draw my controls; but I noticed a
reference to a Canvas on MSDN that is contained within
System.Windows. Controls; So I thought I would see if it was possible
for me to use the Canvas in that Namespace, rather than create my own.

Not a good idea. Trying to use one GUI framework within a completely
different one is rarely going to work. I suggest you stick to the XNA
classes.

--
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