Why is System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlEncode giving namespace name doesn't exist in Visual C# 2008?

Question

I\'m trying to encode a URL using the HttpUtility.UrlEncode() method, why am I getting

The type or namespace name \'HttpUtility\' does not e

Answer 1

You need to include a reference to System.Web. Right-click your project in the Solution Explorer and choose Add Reference... . If you take a look at MSDN you'll see it's contained in the System.Web.dll assembly, as far as I remember, this is not referenced by default in new projects.