Question

Why does Microsoft.JScript work in the Code behind but not within a <% %>?

I keep getting “CS0234: The type or namespace name ‘JScript’ does not exist in the namespace ‘Microsoft’ (are you missing an assembly reference?)” Error but it doesn’t make any sense at all. I can add the reference to Microsoft.JScript.dll and in the code behind it works, its just not working when I try to reference the thing in the web.config, or the page itself through the following code:

<%@ Import Namespace="Microsoft.JScript" %>

Web.Config

<pages>
    <namespaces>
        <add namespace="Microsoft.JScript" />
    </namespaces>
</pages>

The Error I’m constantly getting is this:

Compiler Error Message: CS0234: The type or namespace name 'JScript' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft' (are you missing an assembly reference?)

Answer 1

You need to import the assembly, not just the namespace. e.g.

<%@ Assembly name="Microsoft.JScript, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" %>