title: VS 2008 designer "Could not find type...."
body: <p>I'm getting this error in visual studio 2008 in a Mobile Desktop application .NET 3.5.</p>
  
  <p>Could not find type 'MyNamespace.MyType'. Please make sure that the assembly that contains this type is referenced. If this type is a part of your development project, make sure that the project has been successfully built. </p>
  
  <p>This shows up when opening a form.  The type that it can't reference is a user control that is part of the same project.  Nothing is wrong with the namespaces.  This is maddening -- the project builds just fine.</p>
  
  <p>Also, the referenced control is not a generic class like in this article: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9314/could-not-find-type-error-loading-a-form-in-the-designer">&quot;Could not find type&quot; error loading a form in the Windows Forms Designer</a></p>
  
  <p><b>UPDATE:</b> well now later it seems to be working.  This seems to be a sporadic problem...</p>