Trying to add a project targeting .NET 3.5 to an existing project targeting .NET 4.0

Question

I'm trying to integrate SharpVoice, which is targeting .NET 3.5 into an existing project targeting 4.0 Client Profile and I'm getting an error where it cannot find the namespace of SharpVoice.

The type or namespace name 'SharpVoice' could not be found

I read online that it could be because they are targeting different .NET versions, but when I try to change the SharpVoice target to .NET 4.0 Client Profile, I get a bunch of errors.

I also read that it is possible to integrate older versions of .NET in the newer ones, but it's not working.

Has anyone come across this problem and how did you fix it?

Any particular reason you are using Client Profile instead of the full one? — NotMe, Nov 21 '13 at 03:28
@ChrisLively I'm building off of an existing project that had Client Profile instead, so I'm not really sure why. — corgichu, Nov 21 '13 at 03:29
i think targeting to .NET framework 4.0 could resolve your issue. — Sudhakar Tillapudi, Nov 21 '13 at 03:30
@cskoala Have you added a reference to the SharpVoice project in your other project? Simply adding the project to the solution will not do that. — Wjdavis5, Nov 21 '13 at 03:30
I agree with Sudhakar: change it to target the full 4.0 framework — NotMe, Nov 21 '13 at 03:30

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 21 '13 at 03:32

Found it.

SharpVoice references System.Web (here, line 7) which is only available in the full framework. Client Profile doesn't allow that.

So, you have two choices. Either rework SharpVoice to no longer have a dependency on System.Web OR retarget your main application from Client Profile to instead use the full framework.

I think the second option is going to be far easier to do as removing System.Web appears to require a complete rewrite of that code. Note that changing your main app to use the full framework means you can leave the original google code in .net 3.5.

I changed the target to 4.0 like you all suggested in the comments! It worked! :) Thank you so much! — corgichu, Nov 21 '13 at 03:37

Trying to add a project targeting .NET 3.5 to an existing project targeting .NET 4.0

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