if you look at the initial thread, you will see that i DID include a print of the dll's added to the references. I have no reason to believe it is an issue with the conversion, unless I see otherwise.
as far as needing help with the code, i didnt ask for that. if you reread the post you will see that i was ASKED to supply a sample of the code. since i didnt know what a sample meant, i included all the code in that program. I was ONLY interested in the original request, that is, why was I getting this error when the references needed were already IN the references folder.
thanks for your help.