Hi, all

I was reading the Visual Studio 2005 Web Application Project Option http://webproject.scottgu.com/Default.aspx. They are excellent.

Though I'm facing probkems in two cases.

1. If I add the master page, after that when I try to add the content page, it does not allow me to select master page option. I've to manullay remove the  html tags and put the content tag in the

contect page.

2. In the last tutorial to convert web site to web app project, It worked fine. But the project could not compile. I could not find the classes in the Old_App_Code directory. This is the error

I'm getting. please help

Error 1 The name 'PhotoManager' does not exist in the current context C:\study\webappProject\NewPersonalStarterKit\Admin\Photos.aspx.cs 24 4 NewPersonalStarterKit

Hi sp_412000,

For the first issue, you can add the content page for master page instead. To do this, please perform the steps below: 

Right click the master page in Solution Explorer and then click "Add Content Page". Please rename the page after creating.

For the second issue, based on my understanding, it’s related to the code. Please check the code first. Here are some articles which may be helpful to you.

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=523645&SiteID=1

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=476911&SiteID=1

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=776964&SiteID=1

I'm following the above help links. Though, the code that I converted was the Personal web site starter kit. I exactly followed the instructions given in Scott's tutorial.

VS 2005 service pack 1 is good enough or I've to install this update first. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8B05EE00-9554-4733-8725-3CA89DD9BFCA&displaylang=en

Finally, I can compile the project. The solution I got is from this http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=200532&SiteID=1.

I exclude the files that were creating errors, compile the project, close the VS 2005. Open it again and include that files, compile project, it worked.

ISN'T IT QUALITY WORK? 

Quality should also be maintained with every new version produced every year.

 Hi there. I had a same problem with converting Personal Web Site project to a web app project. I've tried your solution but it didn't solve the problem (still getting error "The name 'Photo Manager' does not exist in the current context"). I have noticed that the property "Build Action" for classes in newly created (renamed) folder "Old_App_Code" is set to "Content" by default (after converting to a web app from the web site) and that was the problem. It must be set to "Compile" since all the classes in a previous "App_Code" folder (as you surely know) are automatically compiled which is not the case after renaming the folder.