HI
i have a problem in accessing the asembly created in GAC.

i have a code behind file which i converted to a dll and then installed in gac.

The steps which i did is :

1.converting all the business logic in to a Code Behind .vb file
2.assigning a string name to this .vb file using the sn.exe
my .vb file name is testgac.vb go created a sn name like :

sn.exe -k C:\ASP.NET\ZEN\tut\dataset\gac.snk

3.added this string name to the existing .vb file.
4.used the vbc.exe command like :
vbc.exe @vbc.rsp /t:library
c:\asp.net\zen\tut\dataset\testgac.vb /out:c:\asp.net\zen\tut\dataset\testgac
.dll /verbose

in the vbc.rsp file i just kept all the references to be added to the dll
file.

5.Used the gacutil.exe /i c:\asp.net\zen\tut\dataset\testgac.dll to place the
dll in the GAC.

til now everything was fine .

now i am using this dll in one of my aspx page.
here was my error.::
i just imported the newlly created namespace :<%@ import namespace= "gac" %>
and in one of teh click event in the aspx page i just gave onclick ="method
name " here there was en error like :::
Compiler Error Message: BC30002: Type 'gac.GACTEST' is not defined.

ok now the probable mistakes might be :

firt and formore am not using vs.net i am using notepad and compiling the
dll's.

1. the The entry in the gac is not accessible in teh aspx pape.

so must i add something else also in the aspx page??

my code:

testgac.vb
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Imports system
imports system.web
imports system.web.ui
imports system.web.ui.webcontrols
Imports System.Reflection

<assembly:AssemblyKeyFile("gac.snk")>
<assembly:Assemblyversion("1.1.1.1")>
namespace gac
Public class GACTEST
Inherits System.web.UI.Page
Protected btngetname as Button
Protected btnclearname as Button

Protected lblname as Label
Public shared function getname ()as string
Return "TESTING GAC "
end Function
Public Shared function clearname () as string
Return ""
end Function
end class
end namespace

my aspx page:
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<%@page language="vb" %>
<%@ import namespace= "gac" %>
<script runat="server">
</script>

<form runat="server">
<asp:label id="lbltext" text="CLICK ON THE BUTTONS BELOW TO GET THE
LABEL TEXT AND TO CLEAR IT" runat="server"/>
<br><br>
<asp:label id="lblname" text="" runat="server"/>
<br><br>
<asp:button id="btngetname" text="GETNAME" Onclick ="gac.getname"
runat="server"/>
<br><br>
<asp:button id="btnclearname" text="CLEARNAME" Onclick
="gac.clearname" runat="server"/>
</form>

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Help me in identifying where i went wrong???

since i am not not using VS.Net , am i misssing any references which will help in accessing the assemmbly in to the aspx pages???


,,,
senthil