System.Web.Profile not available?

I am using the VS 2008 Beta and believe I have set up the profile section of my web.config correctly:

<profileenabled="true"defaultProvider="AspNetSqlProfileProvider">

<providers>
<clear/>
<addname="AspNetSqlProfileProvider"
connectionStringName="SQLConnString"
applicationName="/myapp"
type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider" /></providers>

<properties>
<addname="FullName"/>
<addname="MyTheme"defaultValue="Foo" />
</properties>

</profile>

An attempt to useProfile in my code gives "the name Profile does not exist in the current context". I also notice that using the ASP .Net Configuration tool only gives mymembership androle providers when showing theProvider Configuration and does not show anything for a Profile provider.

Do I need to add a reference now in .Net 3.5 or something similar to be able to use Profiles?

[3324 byte] By [swoolley] at [2008-1-8]

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# 1

There's many reasons why you could get that error regardless of VS 2008. If you provide some code we might be able to narrow it down.

Otherwise, you might want to have a look at the ASP.NET forums, there's at least one discussion about this error, for example: http://forums.asp.net/p/977690/1244637.aspx

PeterRitchie at 2007-10-2 >

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# 2

The reason I suspect either VS 2008 or .Net 3.5 is because I have successfully used the same code in VS 2005 and .Net 2.0 projects. The best that I can tell (because I am not seeing the ProfileProvider or a PersonalizationProvider in the Profile Configuration tool) is that the problem resides in my web.config or some reference needs to be added to my project.

Unless you specify otherwise, including code other than my "using" statements and the fact that I may not access the "Profile" object, I do not think the problem is in my code. Here is my preamble:
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Configuration;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.Profile;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Xml.Linq;
...

Here is my web.config:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="system.web.extensions" type="System.Web.Configuration.SystemWebExtensionsSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
<sectionGroup name="scripting" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
<section name="scriptResourceHandler" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingScriptResourceHandlerSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
<sectionGroup name="webServices" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingWebServicesSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
<section name="jsonSerialization" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingJsonSerializationSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="Everywhere"/>
<section name="profileService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingProfileServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
<section name="authenticationService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingAuthenticationServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
<section name="roleService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingRoleServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
</sectionGroup>
</sectionGroup>
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<appSettings/>
<connectionStrings>
<clear/>
<add name="SQLConnString" connectionString="Data Source=.\sqlexpress;Initial Catalog=MyDB;Integrated Security=True;Pooling=False" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true">
<assemblies>
<add assembly="System.Core, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
<add assembly="System.Data.DataSetExtensions, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
<add assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
<add assembly="System.Xml.Linq, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
</assemblies>
</compilation>
<authentication mode="Forms" />

Please let me know if any other code or config information would be helpful.

swoolley at 2007-10-2 >

# 3

One thing I have failed to state is that I used the "aspnet_regsql.exe" in the 2.0 Framework to build the required tables (for the membership, role, profile, and personilization providers) in my SQL Express database. I could not locate this program in my 3.0 or 3.5 Framework. So far the Membership and Role providers have worked flawlessly.

I also believe that Personalization is not working wither because web parts do not give me the aility to minimize or close.

I furthers my belief that since I cannot view the profile or personalization providers in the ASP.net confiuration tool (only the role and membership providers), that something is wrong with my web.config or I am missing some reference.

swoolley at 2007-10-2 >

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