Parser Error in Namespace? - asp.net

I have a webpage that was built using the All In One style (the VB in the page with the HTML), and I have been asked to separate them.
This is how Default.aspx starts out:
<%# Import Namespace="System.Net" %>
<%# Import Namespace="System.IO" %>
<%# Import Namespace="System.Configuration" %>
<%# Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
<%# Import Namespace="System.Data.OleDb" %>
<%# Import Namespace="System.Data.SqlClient" %>
<%# Import Namespace="System.Globalization" %>
<%# Import Namespace="System.Security" %>
<html>
<head>
<title>View an Activity (AFE)</title>
<script language="VB" runat="server">
Private m_url1, m_url2, m_downloadText, txtSupplementPage, txtExcerpt, SearchLocation, SearchLocation2, SearchLocation3, SearchLocationOrig As String
Private myTotal1, myTotal2 As Double
Private m_credentials As CredentialCache
' Start the initial page
Protected Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
m_credentials = New CredentialCache()
If Not IsPostBack Then
It goes on. This is just to show you what I'm doing.
I created a new, similar file called that Default2.aspx that includes the Page directive, specifies the CodeBehind file, and the namespace (Inherits). Then I took the VB code out:
<%# Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="app2._Default" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>View an Activity (AFE)</title>
Since Default.aspx did not use a Code Behind file, I named my new Code Behind file Default.aspx.vb.
I created a new _Default with Namespace app2 within this Code Behind file, and I copied all of the VB from Default.aspx into it:
Namespace app2
Public Class _Default
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Inherits System.Net
Inherits System.IO
Inherits System.Configuration
Inherits System.Data
Inherits System.Data.OleDb
Inherits System.Data.SqlClient
Inherits System.Globalization
Inherits System.Security
Private m_url1, m_url2, m_downloadText, txtSupplementPage, txtExcerpt, SearchLocation, SearchLocation2, SearchLocation3, SearchLocationOrig As String
Private myTotal1, myTotal2 As Double
Private m_credentials As CredentialCache
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
m_credentials = New CredentialCache()
If Not IsPostBack Then
I am trying to give enough code that everyone can see the starting points and where I am now.
I got the two new files uploaded to the web server, and then browsed to them to see how they would look.
However, now when I try to display Default2.aspx in the browser, I get this Parser Error:
Parser Error Message: Could not load type 'app2._Default'.
Source Error:
Line 1: <%# Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="app2._Default" %>
Line 2:
Line 3:
What have I messed up?

For a web site: Change CodeBehind to CodeFile.
<%# Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="app2._Default" %>
For a web application: Add the name of the web project to the Inherits attribute.
<%# Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="nameOfYourWebProject.app2._Default" %>
Also, the _Default class you provided, you can only have one Inherits, I think you meant to add them as Imports on the top of the page.

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ASP.NET Public Variable at Code Behind is not accesible in .aspx

This is a simple example of what is happening here.
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Where is the problem ?
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It should rather be
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One more point is that your page directive has the property AutoEventWireup="false" and with that the way you have your page events mapped right now will not work. So set it to true rather AutoEventWireup="true"
Your #Page directive is total weird as can be seen below.
<%# Page AutoEventWireup="false" CodeBehind="default.aspx.vb" Inherits="base._default1" %>
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mark the class partial
set AutoEventWireup="true"
change CodeBehind property to CodeBehind="default1.aspx.vb"
Change your Inherits property to Inherits="your_namespace._default1"

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I have created a test Web site just to test this out, and it works. Here is the full source of the site:
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<%# Master Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeBehind="Site1.master.vb" Inherits="WebApplication1.Site1" %>
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
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Set(ByVal value As String)
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<%# Page Title="" Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" MasterPageFile="~/Site1.Master"
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Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
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you can cast the masterpage to the correct type:
MyMasterPageType m = (MyMasterPageType)Master;
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m.SqlError
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You can use <%# MasterType %> also for this.
If you have followed the steps in Andy West's answer and have one or many compile errors reading: Foo is not a member of 'System.Web.UI.MasterPage', make sure that they are the only compile error in your list. If there are any other compile errors that need to be fixed, they should be fixed before you continue troubleshooting your MasterPage.
These other compile errors may be preventing the compiler from parsing your MasterPage and detecting the extra properties. Once they are resolved, do a full recompile.

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