Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 Portable Class Library issues

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Introduction

Portable Class Libraries issues may occur after you install Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 . This article describes those issues and their workarounds.

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Issue 1

Symptoms

When you use resources to build a Portable Class Library project after you install Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 , you may receive the following error messages:

'System.Type' does not contain a definition for 'Assembly' and no extension method 'Assembly' accepting a first argument of type 'System.Type' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Note You receive this error when you use Microsoft Visual C#.

'Assembly' is not a member of 'System.Type'

Note You receive this error when you use Microsoft Visual Basic.

This issue occurs when one of the following platforms is targeted in your project:

The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 and the .NET for Windows Store apps
The .NET Framework 4.5 and Windows Phone 8
The .NET Framework 4.5, the .NET for Windows Store apps, and Windows Phone 8

Workaround

To work around this issue, fix the designer-generated code of the resources file. To do this, double-click the error message, and then follow these steps:

For Visual C#

Add the following using directive:
```
using System.Reflection;
```
Find the following code:
```
typeof(Resource1).Assembly
```
Replace that code with the following code:
```
typeof(Resource1).GetTypeInfo().Assembly
```

The following code is an example that has this issue:

        /// <summary> 

        ///   Returns the cached ResourceManager instance used by this class.

        /// </summary>

        [global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)]internal static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager ResourceManager {        get {

                if (object.ReferenceEquals(resourceMan, null)) {

                    global::System.Resources.ResourceManager temp = new global::System.Resources.ResourceManager("PortableClassLibrary2.Resource1", typeof(Resource1).Assembly);

                    resourceMan = temp;

                }

                return resourceMan;
            }
        }

Visual Basic

Add the following using directive:
```
Imports System.Reflection;
```

Find the following code:

GetType(Resource1).Assembly

Replace that code with the following code:

GetType(Resource1).GetTypeInfo().Assembly

The following code is an example that has this issue:

        '''<summary>

        '''  Returns the cached ResourceManager instance used by this class.

        '''</summary>

        <Global.System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(Global.System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)>  _

        Friend Shared ReadOnly Property ResourceManager() As Global.System.Resources.ResourceManager

            Get

                If Object.ReferenceEquals(resourceMan, Nothing) Then

                    Dim temp As Global.System.Resources.ResourceManager = New Global.System.Resources.ResourceManager("PortableClassLibrary1.Resource1", GetType(Resource1).Assembly)

                    resourceMan = temp

                End If

                Return resourceMan

            End Get

        End Property

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Issue 2

Symptoms

You cannot use resources to build a Portable Class Library project after you install Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 . Additionally, you may receive one of many different error messages. For example, you may receive one of the following error messages:

The type 'System.Net.HttpStatusCode' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly 'System.Net, Version=2.0.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e, Retargetable=Yes'.

Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Net.HttpStatusCode' to 'System.Net.HttpStatusCode [%programfiles%\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETPortable\v4.5\Profile\Profile78\System.Net.Primitives.dll]'

Note This issue occurs when one of the following platforms is targeted in your project:

The .NET Framework 4.5 and Windows Phone 8
The .NET Framework 4.5, the .NET for Windows Store apps, and Windows Phone 8

Cause

This issue occurs because Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 was installed after the Windows Phone Software Development Kit (SDK) 8.0 was installed. Therefore, the following files were deleted:

%programfiles%\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETPortable\v4.5\Profile\Profile49\System.Net.dll
%programfiles%\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETPortable\v4.5\Profile\Profile49\System.ServiceModel.dll
%programfiles%\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETPortable\v4.5\Profile\Profile78\System.Net.dll
%programfiles%\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETPortable\v4.5\Profile\Profile78\System.ServiceModel.dll

Workaround

To resolve this issue, run the Visual Studio 2012 repair program. To do this, follow these steps:

Click Start, click Control Panel, click Programs, and then click Programs and Features.
Right-click the version of Visual Studio 2012 that you have installed, and then click Change.
Click Repair when the Visual Studio 2012 Setup wizard opens.

Note If you set up a new developer environment, to avoid this issue, you should install Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 before you install the Windows Phone 8.0 SDK.

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