Namespaces in .NET scripts
Types in .NET Framework are organized into namespaces. This section describes the various ways in which such types can be used in .NET scripts.
Note. To use a type from a non-standard assembly, you must first add a reference to that assembly (see Assembly References in .NET Scripts for details).
Built-in types
Built-in types can be referenced just by name:
// C#
string
str;
' Visual Basic .NET
Dim
str
As
String
// JScript .NET
var
str : String;
Likewise, no special syntax is required for referencing types from the FineReaderServer.ScriptingObjects.Interop namespace:
// C#
IAttribute
attr;
' Visual Basic .NET
Dim
attr
As
IAttribute
// JScript .NET
var
attr : IAttribute;
Namespace qualifiers
To reference a user-defined type, you need to qualify its name with a namespace prefix:
// C#
var
list = new
System.Collections.ArrayList();
' Visual Basic .NET
Dim
list
As
New
System.Collections.ArrayList
Note. JScript .NET does not support this syntax.
Importing namespaces
To use of unqualified type names, their namespaces must be imported at the beginning of the script:
// C#
using
System.Collections;
var
list = new
ArrayList();
' Visual Basic .NET
Imports
System.Collections
Dim
list
As
New
ArrayList
// JScript .NET
import
System.Collections;
var
list = new
ArrayList();
Note. Such import statements must appear at the very beginning of the script and may be preceded only by comments or empty lines.
If you use C# or Visual Basic .NET, you can declare aliases for types and namespaces:
// C#
using
SC = System.Collections;
using
AL = System.Collections.ArrayList;
var
list_1 = new
SC.ArrayList();
var
list_2 = new
AL();
' Visual Basic .NET
Imports
SC = System.Collections
Imports
AL = System.Collections.ArrayList
Dim
list_1
As
New
SC.ArrayList
Dim
list_2
As
New
AL
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