How do I add the reference for the System.Media namespace?

[rocky_raher]

I have been developing programs for my PPC in C# using Visual Studio 2005. Now I want to use the SoundPlayer class, which is in the System.Media namespace. I have the statement "using System.Media;", but when I try to build the program I get the error message, "The type or namespace name 'Media' does not exist in the class or namespace 'System' (are you missing an assembly reference?)"

So, I select menu items "Project -> Add Reference...", and under the .NET tab, System.Media is not listed.

I checked my PC's Add/Remove Programs list, and I do have .NET 2.0 installed.

What am I missing, and what do I have to do to get access to the System.Media namespace??

[MustGetPizza]

Hi, I haven't had much experience developing for the Windows Mobile yet, but I have lots of experience with Visual Studio in C#.

It sounds like you went through the correct process to add the namespace, but it won't appear as 'system.media' because it has been combined with other namespaces into 'system'. So check the list for 'system' when you go to add, and if it isn't there, click browse and go to the directory for the compactFramework under programFiles, and select 'system.dll'.

[rocky_raher]

Thank you, MustGetPizza!

Here's what happened:
I did a search of my C: drive for system.dll, and found 3 that looked promising:
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.dll
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SmartDevices\SDK\CompactFramework\2.0\v2.0\WindowsCE
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SmartDevices\SDK\CompactFramework\2.0\v2.0\Debugger\BCL

When I first tried adding any of these, I got a messagebox stating "A reference to 'System.dll' could not be added."

It then occurred to me that maybe I can't have two system.dll's. I deleted the original system.dll reference. I could then add a different system.dll. However, when I tried to build my project, I got this error message:
"Metadata file 'c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.dll' could not be opened -- 'Version 2.0 is not a compatible version.'
And I got the corresponding error message with either of the other two system.dll files.

:-(

[rocky_raher]

I just re-read the documentation for the SoundPlayer class. It occurred to me that it might simply not be available to a SmartDevice project.

I created a Windows Application project. Without adding any references, I was able to include the System.Media namespace, and define a SoundPlayer object.

The SoundPlayer doc at one point did mention that System.Media was part of the System.dll reference. I'd assumed that I had the wrong System.dll, so I spent time last weekend deleting one System.dll and adding others. My attempts failed because (apparently) the only System.dll's with the Media namespace are incompatible with SmartDevices.

I'm going to let this thread die and start a fresh one, because I now see that my original post was asking the wrong question. (42!!)