ASP.NET 2.0 Custom Controls and Skins

[aspnet20vb_mike]

I have a Custom Control which inherits from GridView.

I call it GridViewSort and it is in a namespace "PDS.WebControls".

I add it to the Toolbox, drop it on my WebForm and it shows up and
works fine. But when I define a skinID for this Custom Control, I am
getting an error when it compiles.

I tried adding the Register directive in the skin file but that doesnot
help.

I have attached the following:
1.SkinID definition
2. Error Message

I see from the messages that the compiler fails on
GetType(PDS.WebControls.GridViewSort).
I do not know how to resolve that.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks!


SkinID Definition:
<cc1:GridViewSort SkinID="ContractListings" runat="server" Width="760"
CellPadding="2" Cellspacing="0" BorderWidth="1px" BackColor="White"
BorderColor="#297B6B">
<HeaderStyle Font-Bold="True" Font-Underline="False" ForeColor="Blue"
/>
</cc1:GridViewSort>

Compiler Error Message: BC30002: Type 'PDS.WebControls.GridViewSort' is
not defined.

Source Error:
Line 56: Private Shared __BuildControl__control14_skinKey As
Object =
System.Web.UI.PageTheme.CreateSkinKey(GetType(System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label),
"Rights")
Line 57:
Line 58: Private Shared __BuildControl__control15_skinKey As
Object =
System.Web.UI.PageTheme.CreateSkinKey(GetType(PDS.WebControls.GridViewSort),
"ContractListings")
Line 59:
Line 60: Public Sub New()
Source File: c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary
ASP.NET Files\etchweb2\7dbaa6bc\543bc072\App_Theme_PDS.sexg2wte.0.vb
Line: 58



Show Detailed Compiler Output:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE>
"c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe" /t:library
/utf8output
/R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Xml\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Xml.dll"
/R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Mobile\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Web.Mobile.dll"
/R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Drawing\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Drawing.dll"
/R:"c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET
Files\etchweb2\7dbaa6bc\543bc072\App_Code.f-uu1gjt.dll"
/R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Configuration\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Configuration.dll"
/R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_32\System.Web\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Web.dll"
/R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_32\System.EnterpriseServices\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.EnterpriseServices.dll"
/R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Services\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Web.Services.dll"
/R:"c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET
Files\etchweb2\7dbaa6bc\543bc072\assembly\dl3\17597bee\b29dfb60_bf7ac601\PDSWebControls.DLL"
/R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_32\System.Data\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Data.dll"
/R:"C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.dll"
/out:"c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET
Files\etchweb2\7dbaa6bc\543bc072\App_Theme_PDS.sexg2wte.dll" /DEBUG=1
/debug+ /define:_MYTYPE=\"Web\"
/imports:Microsoft.VisualBasic,System,System.Collections,System.Collections.Specialized,System.Configuration,System.Text,System.Text.RegularExpressions,System.Web,System.Web.Caching,System.Web.SessionState,System.Web.Security,System.Web.Profile,System.Web.UI,System.Web.UI.WebControls,System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts,System.Web.UI.HtmlControls
"c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET
Files\etchweb2\7dbaa6bc\543bc072\App_Theme_PDS.sexg2wte.0.vb"
"c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET
Files\etchweb2\7dbaa6bc\543bc072\App_Theme_PDS.sexg2wte.1.vb"


Microsoft (R) Visual Basic Compiler version 8.0.50727.42
for Microsoft (R) .NET Framework version 2.0.50727.42
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET
Files\etchweb2\7dbaa6bc\543bc072\App_Theme_PDS.sexg2wte.0.vb(58) :
error BC30002: Type 'PDS.WebControls.GridViewSort' is not defined.

Private Shared __BuildControl__control15_skinKey As Object =
System.Web.UI.PageTheme.CreateSkinKey(GetType(PDS.WebControls.GridViewSort),
"ContractListings")

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET
Files\etchweb2\7dbaa6bc\543bc072\App_Theme_PDS.sexg2wte.0.vb(69) :
error BC30002: Type 'PDS.WebControls.GridViewSort' is not defined.

Me.__controlSkins(__BuildControl__control15_skinKey) = New
System.Web.UI.ControlSkin(GetType(PDS.WebControls.GridViewSort),
AddressOf Me.__BuildControl__control15)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET
Files\etchweb2\7dbaa6bc\543bc072\App_Theme_PDS.sexg2wte.0.vb(427) :
error BC30002: Type 'PDS.WebControls.GridViewSort' is not defined.

Dim __ctrl As PDS.WebControls.GridViewSort =
CType(ctrl,PDS.WebControls.GridViewSort)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[SledgY]

I have been having the same problem, it looks to me as if when the
themes are compiled they are not inheriting the references from the
parent project (well lack of project in this case). Also if you look at
the debugger output you will see that the themes are being generated
using VB. I tried adding in an <%@ imports %> tag to import the correct
assembly but that generated an invalid tag error.

It looks to me as if the ASP.Net 2.0 themes are a massive hack added at
the last minute.