C# MySQL - can't open connection, class not found

Asked Oct 01 '16 at 19:41

Active Oct 01 '16 at 19:47

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Trying to do

MySQLConnection connection = new MySqlConnection(connectionString.ToString());

try {
    // this is where it screws up
    connection.Open();
}
catch (Exception ex) 
{
    Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
}

...results in an error: "Reference to type 'Component' claims it is defined in 'System', but it could not be found."

I already have have references to MySQL.Data and System.Data.

What can I do to fix this?

Thanks in advance :))

edited Oct 01 '16 at 19:47

asked Oct 01 '16 at 19:41

Christoffer

can you get this far: http://stackoverflow.com/a/38277659 – Drew Oct 01 '16 at 19:55
not sure what you mean by this? – Christoffer Oct 01 '16 at 20:02
Are you capable to cut and paste, add a Reference to your project for the .net, change a connection string, and run it? – Drew Oct 01 '16 at 20:03
Yeah, I did all that. I just pasted in the code where I'm getting the error. – Christoffer Oct 01 '16 at 20:05
And what is a screen shot of your References screen (like mine) – Drew Oct 01 '16 at 20:07
I think this is what you're asking for, right? https://s18.postimg.org/x15x5tpt5/Capture.png – Christoffer Oct 01 '16 at 20:10
can you show the whole error msg like in this question http://stackoverflow.com/q/32959650 – Drew Oct 01 '16 at 20:18
Here: https://s17.postimg.org/qa9ot3srj/Capture.png, same error as in the question you linked to – Christoffer Oct 01 '16 at 20:22
works great, http://i.imgur.com/KEenNDH.jpg , (windows so note the `\r\n`) .. but you said it had tab delimiters. My input did. – Drew Oct 01 '16 at 20:41

C# MySQL - can't open connection, class not found

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