namespace (user defined) not seen by intellisense nor compiler (VB)

Question

ERROR : Namespace or type specified in the Imports 'Project.nsDB2' doesn't contain any public member or cannot be found. Make sure the namespace or the type is defined and contains at least one public member. Make sure the imported element name doesn't use any aliases. I create a namespace in a DB.vb file, in the App_code folder Imports SQLClient.... Namspace nsDB Partial Public Class clsDB ... many public methods... (functions and subs) ... I am able to Import nsDB in a FORM.vb class, no problem I access the methods in the clsDB at will. I create a 2nd namespace: DB2.vb, nsDB2, clsDB2, ...methods2... This 2nd namespace does not appear in the intellisense, nor is seen by the compiler The build fails with error stated above. I had thought at some point that, closing down Visual Studio was effective... but it has not worked on this instance. Can someone help me? . Thank you so much, NicMartel .

Nic Martel · Answer

I may have answered my own question. My earlier post should have mentioned that I copied these namespace vb files into a new project... DID NOT GO THRU THE ADD-NEW ITEM-CLASS scenario... I renamed the faulty DB2.vb to DB2(4letterword).vb I created a blank class named DB2.vb, and saw immediately that it came up in the intellisense. I copied all the code in the 4letterword version into the new DB2.vb and voila! all good. I do not know how the system found the DB.vb without any problems. Undoubtedly the compiler is drawing its input from the project list and that was not being updated by either a save of the file, or an exclude/include, or an exit of Visual Studio and reEntry??? I don't have time to figure this out now... Perhaps one of you may tell me how I lucked up and got the DB.vb to be seen in the first place.