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I can't seem to import a generic type on an ASP.Net page set to a language of "vb":

<%@ Page Language="vb" %>
<%-- This works fine. --%>
<%@ Import Namespace="MyString=System.String" %>
<%-- This gives an error. --%>
<%@ Import Namespace="MyList=System.Collections.Generic.List(Of System.String)" %>
<%-- Error: "The 'namespace' attribute cannot contain spaces." --%>


Note that I'm NOT interested in these alternatives (for boring reasons you don't care about):

  • Alter the web.config.
  • Alter the code-behind.
  • Use the code-behind instead of the page.
  • Using C# instead of VB.Net.
  • Googling (the MSDN page makes no mention of generic types).
  • Modifying the app.config.
  • Adding the namespace to the "imported namespaces" via the "References" tab in the project settings.
  • Workarounds (I already have workarounds, but I want to see if this can be done properly).


Is it possible to alias a generic type on a VB.Net ASP.Net page, or is this an oversight by Microsoft?
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Updated 27-Oct-11 7:23am
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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 26-Oct-11 14:43pm    
Hm, interesting question, I voted 5.
I never tried such thing with ASP.NET (that's why I'm not posting any solution), but at first glance actually would expect that if "MyString=System.String" works, "MyList=System.Collections.Generic.List(Of System.String)" should work.

Actually I would certainly recommend to avoid it by resorting to one of the alternatives you deny by "boring reasons", like the last one, but it would not make the formulation of the problem invalid.
--SA
JRickey 28-Oct-11 2:00am    
I came across one allusion to using (System.String()) instead of (Of System.String) as a way to circumvent the no-space restriction.
AspDotNetDev 28-Oct-11 2:05am    
Doesn't seem to work. I came across some funky syntax that used an apostrope and some square brackets, but I forget exactly what it looked like. I'll probably do some more searching tomorrow.
AspDotNetDev 28-Oct-11 2:08am    
Actually, I just tried the syntax I was thinking of and it didn't work: MyList=System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.String]
JRickey 28-Oct-11 13:10pm    
Have you tried substitutes for the space (such as %20, etc.)? Another possibility is something akin to white-space handling.

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