Handles clause requires a WithEvents variable defined in the containing type or one of its base types

Question

I get the error

Handles clause requires a WithEvents variable defined in the containing type or one of its base types.

in the following co

Answer 1

I had encountered this issue when upgrading a legacy page. The problem is in the Inherits attribute @Page directive has the wrong namespace.

1. Correct the namespace for Inherits attribute
2. Remove the namespace in the designer file or match with it in the designer code