bug in .net?

[fmardani]

Can someone do a quick test as there seems to be a bug I think?
open a new project using vb.net, now you have form1. Add the reference to excel 9.0
in a button click event you can type dim oexcel as new excel.application
this works fine.
Now delete form1 and add a new form. This time do the same as above. i.e. in the click event place the same code.
Do you get an error? if so why?
Thanks

[DevGrp]

What is the error you are getting??

[fmardani]

The error is excel.application is not defined
As if there is noreference to the excel library. But there is.

This is very strange and I can not figure it out why it is happening.

[Pirate]

What VS.NET version you are talking about ?

[DevGrp]

This is not a bug. Whenever you add a new reference to your project, you have to place a using or imports statement at the top of the form you want to use that reference in. So if you added a reference to the using Microsoft.Office.Core object, at the top of the form, you would put imports using Microsoft.Office.Core or you can just use the fully qualified name.

[fmardani]

currently there is a reference to excel but there is no imports microsoft.office.core on the top. And it still works
??

[DevGrp]

I did'nt mean 'that' reference. That was just an example.

[Pirate]

Originally posted by fmardani
currently there is a reference to excel but there is no imports microsoft.office.core on the top. And it still works
??

Yes , it can still work . Imports and using (in C#) is not important . It's only a way to shorten function call or sub .