I have a solution that has both c# and vb.net projects. Visual Studio 2005
sp1.

One of the lower level asseblies "Utils.csproj" is a c# project that
references a 3rd party dll "Framework.dll".

Other c# projects reference Utils.csproj (Utils.dll) just fine. However
when referencing the Utils.csproj in a vb project in the same solution and
trying to access a class of the Utils.csproj classes I get the error
"reference required to assembly xxx please add one to your project".

So in VBUnitTests.vbproj when calling

Dim x as ObjectA

And
Utils.ObjectA inherits from FrameWork.VirtualClass

That is when I get the "Reference required to Framework.dll"

That particular assembly IS referenced. I see it in the referenced library
list and intellisense works with all other classes I have tried. It only
failes with the Utils class that inherits from a virtual class in the
framework.dll

Do you have a reference to Framwork.dll in your vbUnitTests.vbproj? It's not
clear from what you wrote, but it sounds like that is missing.


"Paul Linville" wrote:

> I have a solution that has both c# and vb.net projects. Visual Studio 2005
> sp1.
>
> One of the lower level asseblies "Utils.csproj" is a c# project that
> references a 3rd party dll "Framework.dll".
>
> Other c# projects reference Utils.csproj (Utils.dll) just fine. However
> when referencing the Utils.csproj in a vb project in the same solution and
> trying to access a class of the Utils.csproj classes I get the error
> "reference required to assembly xxx please add one to your project".
>
> So in VBUnitTests.vbproj when calling
>
> Dim x as ObjectA
>
> And
> Utils.ObjectA inherits from FrameWork.VirtualClass
>
> That is when I get the "Reference required to Framework.dll"
>
> That particular assembly IS referenced. I see it in the referenced library
> list and intellisense works with all other classes I have tried. It only
> failes with the Utils class that inherits from a virtual class in the
> framework.dll

Yes. It is definatly referenced. I can use intellisense to look at all of
Framework members etc. I can even declare SIFMessageBase class (the virtual
class that is being inherited by the SIFMessageInfo class in the Utils.dll).

I can also use all the classes in Utils.dll EXCEPT FOR the Class
(SIFMessageInfo) that inherits from SIFMessageBase. As soon as I try to
declare a SIFMessageInfo class I get the "reference required to assembly".

"Family Tree Mike" wrote:

> Do you have a reference to Framwork.dll in your vbUnitTests.vbproj? It's not
> clear from what you wrote, but it sounds like that is missing.
>
>
> "Paul Linville" wrote:
>
> > I have a solution that has both c# and vb.net projects. Visual Studio 2005
> > sp1.
> >
> > One of the lower level asseblies "Utils.csproj" is a c# project that
> > references a 3rd party dll "Framework.dll".
> >
> > Other c# projects reference Utils.csproj (Utils.dll) just fine. However
> > when referencing the Utils.csproj in a vb project in the same solution and
> > trying to access a class of the Utils.csproj classes I get the error
> > "reference required to assembly xxx please add one to your project".
> >
> > So in VBUnitTests.vbproj when calling
> >
> > Dim x as ObjectA
> >
> > And
> > Utils.ObjectA inherits from FrameWork.VirtualClass
> >
> > That is when I get the "Reference required to Framework.dll"
> >
> > That particular assembly IS referenced. I see it in the referenced library
> > list and intellisense works with all other classes I have tried. It only
> > failes with the Utils class that inherits from a virtual class in the
> > framework.dll