How to fix error CS0246 (AxMSInkAuTLib) missing

Giacomo Raucci 341

After copying all of the Winforms from 1 project to another, I was not able to compile the 2nd project. Getting error CS0246 for AxMSInkAutLib.AxInkPicture (see below for the detailed error description). I think I am missing a Reference, but am unable to solve this issue. I appreciate your help. regards.:

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Error (active) CS0246 The type or namespace name 'AxMSINKAUTLib' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) ECCWinClients D:\ECCWinClients\ECCWinClients\ClientSignature.Designer.cs 40

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    private AxMSINKAUTLib.AxInkPicture ClientSignatureInk;

Giacomo Raucci 341 Reputation points

2024-07-28T01:35:06.31+00:00

BTW, I'm running VS 2022 with a Net Framework 4.8 project. Note that I could not find the respective reference, as suggested by AI.
RLWA32 44,916 Reputation points

2024-07-28T06:12:11.89+00:00

When you searched for the reference did you also look at COM type libraries? Have you tried opening the source project to identify the reference in the project in which it is successfully resolved?
Giacomo Raucci 341 Reputation points

2024-07-28T11:05:34.82+00:00

Yes. When I checked the successful project, there were 2 libraries checked; however, the failed project only had 1 library; therefore, I checked the other library. Still having the same compile error.
RLWA32 44,916 Reputation points

2024-07-28T12:22:54.2033333+00:00

Delete the copied project's obj and bin folders and do a complete rebuild

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Giacomo Raucci 341 Reputation points

2024-07-28T21:30:45.5733333+00:00

Thanks RLWA32. Although deleting the obj and bin files did not directly solve the issue, I got several more messages about"LangVersion", requiring 8.0 or above since I was using C#7.3 (not sure how). Anyway, trying to solve the LangVersion issue, I realized that the .csproj files differed, so I copied the .csproj and .csproj.user files over as well. Errors disappeared. I really don't understand it all, but I no longer have any compile errors. Thanks again.
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RLWA32 44,916 Reputation points

2024-07-28T22:25:45.3433333+00:00

When I read "After copying all of the Winforms from 1 project to another..." I thought that you copied the entire project. Anyway, I'm glad you got your issue resolved.
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