The type or namespace name could not be found [duplicate]

Answer 1

PrjForm was set to ".Net Framework 4 Client Profile" I changed it to ".Net Framework 4", and now I have a successful build.

This worked for me too. Thanks a lot. I was trying an RDF example for dotNet where in I downloaded kit from dotnetrdf.

NET4 Client Profile: Always target NET4 Client Profile for all your client desktop applications (including Windows Forms and WPF apps).

NET4 Full framework: Target NET4 Full only if the features or assemblies that your app need are not included in the Client Profile. This includes: If you are building Server apps, Such as:

• ASP.Net apps
• Server-side ASMX based web services

If you use legacy client scenarios, Such as: o Use System.Data.OracleClient.dll which is deprecated in NET4 and not included in the Client Profile.

• Use legacy Windows Workflow Foundation 3.0 or 3.5 (WF3.0 , WF3.5)

If you targeting developer scenarios and need tool such as MSBuild or need access to design assemblies such as System.Design.dll

Answer 2

I had the same issue. The target frameworks were fine for me. Still it was not working. I installed VS2010 sp1, and did a "Rebuild" on the PrjTest. Then it started working for me.

Answer 3

Another thing that can cause this error is having NuGet packages that have been built with a newer version of .NET.

The original error:

frmTestPlanSelector.cs(11,7): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'DatabaseManager' 
could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) 

Further up in the log I found this:

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(1605,5): warning MSB3275: The primary reference "[redacted]\DatabaseManager\bin\Release\DatabaseManager.dll" could not be resolved because it has an indirect dependency on the assembly "System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.94.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139" which was built against the ".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" framework. This is a higher version than the currently targeted framework ".NETFramework,Version=v4.0".

The solution was to re-install the NuGet packages:

http://docs.nuget.org/docs/workflows/reinstalling-packages

Answer 4

I solved mine because the other project was coded with .NET 4.5 and the other one was coded 4.0

Answer 5

Other problem that might be causing such behavior are build configurations.

I had two projects with configurations set to be built to specific folders. Like Debug and Any CPU and in second it was Debug and x86.

What I did I went to Solution->Context menu->Properties->Configuration properties->Configuration and I set all my projects to use same configurations Debug and x86 and also checked Build tick mark.

Then projects started to build correctly and were able to see namespaces.

Answer 6

check your Project Properties, your Reference Paths should be empty like this:

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