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Chapter 12: The Language Reference

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• You do not have to use the

Imports statement to import namespaces into an ASP.

NET application. Instead, you can import a namespace into an ASP.NET applica-

tion in a number of ways:

• By creating an “

<add namespace>” directive in a web.config configuration file.

For example:

<compilation>

<namespaces>

<add namespace="System.IO" />

...

</namespaces>

imports the System.IO namespace within the scope defined in the web.config

file.

• By adding an “

@ Import” directive to global.asax. For example:

<%@ Import namespace="System.IO" %>

imports the System.IO namespace for the ASP.NET application.

• By adding an “@ Import” page directive. This has the same form as the global.

asax directive and must appear at the beginning of the page.

Example

Imports MVB = Microsoft.VisualBasic

See Also

Namespace Statement

Inherits Statement

Syntax

Inherits className

className (required)

The name of the inherited (base) class

Description

The Inherits statement specifies the name of the class from which a new class is being

derived; it specifies the base class of the current class. The statement appears immedi-

ately after the

Class statement or the Interface statement.

Usage at a Glance

• The Inherits statement must be the first line of code in the class or interface. It

can be preceded ...