>>Hi all,
>>
>>I have a web application project and a problem with visibiltiy to the Global.asax class.
>>
>>In my Global.asax I have a public variable such as this:
>>
>>

>>
>>Public Class Global_asax
>>	Inherits System.Web.HttpApplication
>>
>>	Public Shared MyString As String
>>         ... All the other event stuff
>>End Class
>>
>>

>>I am setting the value of the variale in the Application_Start Event
>>
>>Now in the same web project I have a class with a namespace of
>>Namespace Main.Managers
>>the full namespace would be the project root plus Main.Managers so
>>MyApplication.Web.Main.Managers
>>
>>Inside this class I am trying to reference the Shared (static)variable such as this:
>>
>>

>>
>>If (MyString = "SomeValue") Then
>>

>>
>>What I get is an error indicating MyString is not declared.
>>What am I doing wrong here as I expected the Shared variable to be available in the Global.asax file.
>
>It is, but it can't resolve the full namespace based off your imported namespaces. Try something like:
>
>

>If (Global_asax.MyString = "SomeValue) Then
>

The MyString is shared (static) so when I add that, I get:
Access of a shared member,... through an instance; expression will not be evaluated.

Using namespaces in VB seems to be quite different for me anyway from C#. Am I supposed to not use them?
Thanks
Tim