Could not load type 'XXX.Global'

Question

Migrating a project from ASP.NET 1.1 to ASP.NET 2.0 and I keep hitting this error.

I don\'t actually need Global because I am not adding anything to it, but after I

Answer 1

I've found that it happens when the Global.asax.(vb|cs) wasn't converted to a partial class properly.

Quickest solution is to surround the class name 'Global' with [square brackets] like so (in VB.Net):

Public Class [Global]
    Inherits System.Web.HttpApplication
    ...