problem with enum in web custom control

[rony_16]

Hi,
i wrote a web custom control, that adds a search option to list box.

on of the properties are the position of the textbox that serves are
search, the position is Enum (Up, Down).

the code looks like that :
namespace SearchList
{
public Enum SearchListLoaca tion
{
Up,Down
}

[DefaultProperty ("Text"),Toolbo xData("<{0}:Sea rchList runat=server></
{0}:SearchList> ")]
public class SearchList : WebControl,INam ingContainer
{
private SearchListLocat ion _SearchLocation ;
public SearchListLocat ion SearchLocation
{
get {return _SearchLocation ;}
set {_SearchLocatio n = value;}
}

......
}

}


(HTML)
<div>
<cc1:SearchLi st ID="SearchList1 " runat="server" AutoPostBack="T rue"
SearchLocation= "Down" />
</div>



when i try to compile the code (custom control + website) i receive
the following msg ;

SearchList.Sear chList does not contain a definition for
'SearchListLoca tion' .

the project is framework 2 version.


what can cause this kind of error ?

Rony,

[Marc Gravell]

Re: problem with enum in web custom control

It sounds like either a reference that hasn't updated, or confusion
because of the naming. Is that the exact error message? I would have
expected the message to match the property, not the type - after all, to
get the type (from just the property name) it must have resolved the
type! Can you confirm whether both the aspx and the error message are
verbatim?

I also have my doubts about the wisdom of names that lead to
"SearchList.Sea rchList" - that is a recipe for confusion.

Marc

[rony_16]

Re: problem with enum in web custom control

On Aug 18, 9:46 am, Marc Gravell <marc.grav...@g mail.comwrote:

It sounds like either a reference that hasn't updated, or confusion
because of the naming. Is that the exact error message? I would have
expected the message to match the property, not the type - after all, to
get the type (from just the property name) it must have resolved the
type! Can you confirm whether both the aspx and the error message are
verbatim?
>
I also have my doubts about the wisdom of names that lead to
"SearchList.Sea rchList" - that is a recipe for confusion.
>
Marc

Thanks,
is seems that the designer can't understand when the namespace and the
class are with the same name.

[breitak67]

Re: problem with enum in web custom control


Did you cut and paste the code? There is a typo if you did. Your enum:
public Enum SearchListL*_oa c_*ation
{
Up,Down
}


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breitak67

[rony_16]

Re: problem with enum in web custom control

On Aug 19, 3:47 am, breitak67 <gu...@unknow n-email.comwrote:

Did you cut and paste the code? There is a typo if you did. Your enum:
public Enum SearchListL*_oa c_*ation
{
Up,Down
>
}
>
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breitak67

no i re-typed it from another computer (closed network)