SharePoint 2010 Dynamic Compilation of .aspx and .ascx Files with .NET 3.5
What’s the problem?
One of our colleagues, Petri, had a problem with using extension methods in his Visual Web Parts user control (.ascx file). He had developed some extension methods and tried to use them in user control:
<%= DateTime.Now.SomeExtensionMethod() %>
And all he got was this error:
Compiler Error
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