>I'm missing something glaringly obvious (not to me but I'm sure it is simple).
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>You are doing..
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>Dim page As MyWebPage
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>My page is Default.aspx which is class _Default
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>If I try
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>Dim page as _Default
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>I get an error "Type '_Default' is not defined"
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They might not be within the same namespace. Try prefixing the as _Default with the full namespace or add a Imports statement.