Grid Sample: "The type or namespace name 'Order' could not be found"

[Philip]

I followed the instructions in the Help file for creating a Grid with Server binding using the VS 2008 MVC Project Template . Next I configured the application as per the Help file instructions (added a reference to the Telerik.Web.Mvc.dll, etc)  Then I dropped the Northwind Order table on the Linq to SQL design surface.  Then I  modified the Home Controller to return the results of the query on the Orders table.  The Home Controller now looks like this:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using NorthwindOrder.Models;

namespace NorthwindOrder.Controllers
{
    [HandleError]
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            ViewData["Message"] = "Welcome to ASP.NET MVC!";

            return View(GetOrders());
        }

        private IEnumerable<Order> GetOrders()
        {
            NorthwindDataContext northwind = new NorthwindDataContext();

            return northwind.Orders;
        }


        public ActionResult About()
        {
            return View();
        }
    }
}

Next I modified Index.aspx as per the Help file sample. See below:  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<IEnumerable<Order>>" %>

<asp:Content ID="indexTitle" ContentPlaceHolderID="TitleContent" runat="server">
    Home Page
</asp:Content>

<asp:Content ID="indexContent" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
    <h2><%= Html.Encode(ViewData["Message"]) %></h2>
    <p>
        To learn more about ASP.NET MVC visit <a href="http://asp.net/mvc" title="ASP.NET MVC Website">http://asp.net/mvc</a>.
    </p>

   <%= Html.Telerik().Grid<Order>()
        .Name("Orders")
        .BindTo((IEnumerable<Order>)ViewData["orders"])
        .Pagealbe()
        .Sortable()
%>
</asp:Content>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unfortunately I get a run time error which says "The type or namespace name 'Order' could not be found
(are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Any suggestions on how to resolve this error would be appreciated.  Phiip

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello Philip,

The ASP.NET Compiler does not know what the namespace of the Order type is. Please import the required namespace.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

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[Philip]

Hi Atanas

That resolved the issue!  Thank you very much for the quick reply.

Philip

[Chad Whitacre]

For the record, the error is with the reference to <IEnumerable<Order>> that is added to Index.aspx. I got it to work by fully qualifying 'Order' like more-or-less so: <IEnumerable<MyProject.Models.Order>>.