.NET property generating “must declare a body because it is not marked abstract or extern” compilation error

Question

I have a .NET 3.5 (target framework) web application. I have some code that looks like this:

public string LogPath { get; private set; }
public string ErrorMsg          


        

Answer 1

This error can also happen if you are using CodeFile="MyControl.ascx.cs" in your MyControl.ascx instead of CodeBehind="MyControl.ascx.cs".

In case of CodeFile, the 2.0 compiler tries to recompile the page, even if you have a WebProject instead of a WebSite and of course - does fail.

Changing the attribute name to CodeBehind fixed the problem in my case.