The type or namespace 'Installer' does not exist in the class or namespace 'System.Configuration'

[John Chrisman]

I get the above error message as well as a complaint about the
RunInstallerAttribute not being found when compiling the following code.
This couldn't be any simpler and I see examples on the web that use this
namespace and this attribute. I am using VS.Net 2003. Any ideas?

using System;
using System.ServiceProcess;
using System.Configuration.Installer;

namespace POP3Retriever
{
[RunInstallerAttribute(true)]
public class ProjectInstaller : System.ServiceProcess.ServiceInstaller
{
public ProjectInstaller()
{
ServiceProcessInstaller spi = new ServiceProcessInstaller();
spi.Account = ServiceAccount.LocalSystem;
ServiceInstaller si = new ServiceInstaller();
si.ServiceName = "POP3 retriever";
si.StartType = ServiceStartMode.Manual;
Installers.AddRange(new Installer[] {spi, si});
}
}
}

 

[John Chrisman]

Sorry, here is the actual code. The previous version was from me trying to
get it to work. It actually complains that Install is not a type or
namespace in System.Configuration.

using System;
using System.ServiceProcess;
using System.Configuration.Install;

namespace POP3Retriever
{
[RunInstallerAttribute(true)]
public class ProjectInstaller : System.ServiceProcess.ServiceInstaller
{
public ProjectInstaller()
{
ServiceProcessInstaller spi = new ServiceProcessInstaller();
spi.Account = ServiceAccount.LocalSystem;
ServiceInstaller si = new ServiceInstaller();
si.ServiceName = "POP3 retriever";
si.StartType = ServiceStartMode.Manual;
Installers.AddRange(new Installer[] {spi, si});
}
}
}

 

[John Chrisman]

OK, solved it myself. It never fails that the minute I give up on something
and ask for help I realize the solution. This is the first time I've had to
add a reference to anything that is in the System namespace. I assumed
everything in the System namespace was already referenced.

Sorry, here is the actual code. The previous version was from me trying to
get it to work. It actually complains that Install is not a type or
namespace in System.Configuration.

using System;
using System.ServiceProcess;
using System.Configuration.Install;

namespace POP3Retriever
{
[RunInstallerAttribute(true)]
public class ProjectInstaller : System.ServiceProcess.ServiceInstaller
{
public ProjectInstaller()
{
ServiceProcessInstaller spi = new ServiceProcessInstaller();
spi.Account = ServiceAccount.LocalSystem;
ServiceInstaller si = new ServiceInstaller();
si.ServiceName = "POP3 retriever";
si.StartType = ServiceStartMode.Manual;
Installers.AddRange(new Installer[] {spi, si});
}
}
}

I get the above error message as well as a complaint about the
RunInstallerAttribute not being found when compiling the following code.
This couldn't be any simpler and I see examples on the web that use this
namespace and this attribute. I am using VS.Net 2003. Any ideas?

using System;
using System.ServiceProcess;
using System.Configuration.Installer;

namespace POP3Retriever
{
[RunInstallerAttribute(true)]
public class ProjectInstaller : System.ServiceProcess.ServiceInstaller
{
public ProjectInstaller()
{
ServiceProcessInstaller spi = new ServiceProcessInstaller();
spi.Account = ServiceAccount.LocalSystem;
ServiceInstaller si = new ServiceInstaller();
si.ServiceName = "POP3 retriever";
si.StartType = ServiceStartMode.Manual;
Installers.AddRange(new Installer[] {spi, si});
}
}
}